Oscar Piastri insists that he is unconcerned by McLaren team-mate Lando Norris closing his advantage at the top of the F1 2025 Drivers\u2019 Championship.<\/p>\n
Norris won the Hungarian Grand Prix from Piastri to head into the summer break just nine points down on his McLaren teammate.<\/p>\n
Oscar Piastri \u2018not fussed\u2019 by narrowing points gap<\/p>\n
McLaren has dominated the F1 2025 season, with its drivers having claimed 11 of the 14 races to date.<\/p>\n
That has seen Norris and Piastri chalk up seven one-two finishes, the most recent in Budapest, where the team also recorded its 200th world championship race win.<\/p>\n
While McLaren rockets away at the top of the Constructors\u2019 Championship, the Drivers\u2019 title fight is finely balanced between its two drivers, who are increasingly turning that competition into a two-horse race.<\/p>\n
Max Verstappen now sits 88 points adrift of Norris in third, more than three full grands prix worth of points.<\/p>\n
A maiden title looks almost certain to go to one of the papaya pair, with Piastri currently holding a slender points advantage \u2013 eroded by a further seven points in Hungary.<\/p>\n
But while Norris has closed the gap by 14 points in the last four races, his Australian teammate is unperturbed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe biggest lead of the year has been 23, and it\u2019s not moved within 10 points for the last ten races almost,\u201d Piastri reasoned.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, I\u2019m not really that fussed with that. Obviously, it would have been nice to have the extra points, but I don\u2019t think it\u2019s necessarily a trend. One second different, and the trend would have looked quite different.<\/p>\n
\u201cThings happening in the last few races differently could have meant quite a different picture. But you can say that about pretty much every race this year and about every championship ever.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, I\u2019m not concerned at all,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the pace for the first half of the year has been very, very strong, and I think the last few races as well have been very good.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like I\u2019ve driven a lot of strong races, and it\u2019s been very tightly fought. So, I expect more of the same after the break.\u201d<\/p>\n
More on the F1 2025 title fight<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udc49 McLaren boss reveals highlight of dominant F1 2025 campaign<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49 Lando Norris tipped to overhaul Piastri \u2018coolness\u2019 to claim F1 title<\/a><\/p>\n