Max Verstappen is 97 points behind Piastri, and McLaren\u2019s<\/a> car appears to be far superior to all of their rivals.<\/p>\n It won\u2019t be long until Andrea Stella\u2019s team wrap up the constructors\u2019 championship<\/a>, and then his drivers should be free to race.<\/p>\n Position Drivers’ Championship PointsPts 1 284 2 275 3 187 4 172 5 151 6 109 7 64 8 54 9 37 10 27 <\/p>\n Piastri has one more win than Norris this year, although the British driver is on a roll of three victories in the last four races.<\/p>\n He\u2019s benefited from a controversial penalty handed out to his Australian teammate at Silverstone and being forced onto the alternative strategy at the Hungarian Grand Prix that turned out to be quicker, but Norris will argue that you have to make your own luck in this sport.<\/p>\n Norris has enjoyed some psychologically important moments this year<\/a>, and his comments to the media in particular have been heavily scrutinised.<\/p>\n James Hinchcliffe<\/a> has admitted his open style of communication is reminiscent of the great Ayrton Senna<\/a>, and was one of the traits that separated him from rival Alain Prost<\/a>.<\/p>\n READ MORE: McLaren driver Lando Norris\u2019 life outside F1 from parents to celebration<\/a><\/p>\n Hinchcliffe was speaking about Norris\u2019 attitude towards the media on The Red Flags Podcast and how he\u2019s much more self-critical than many of his rivals.<\/p>\n He explained: \u201cIt\u2019s like no one can criticise me better than I can criticise me.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd the difference is, look, every driver actually goes home at night, closes their door, lies in bed and knows exactly what they did wrong.<\/p>\n \u201c99% of them will not say that publicly, right? They\u2019ll try to figure it out, but they\u2019ll put on a brave face in the media.<\/p>\n \u201cLando\u2019s kind of figured out that for him, it\u2019s better to just get it out and not take it home with him and not let someone else say it in the media and perpetuate a story and credit to him.<\/p>\n \u201cI actually give him a lot of credit for understanding that he doesn\u2019t have to just fill this template that has been kind of written by the Max Verstappens and the Oscar Piastris of the current generation.<\/p>\n \u201cI like to bring it back to Senna because he was an incredibly emotional guy, right?<\/p>\n \u201cAnd wore his heart on his sleeve and spoke in the media very openly about things that maybe other people wouldn\u2019t, [it] worked for him.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s very reminiscent of what McLaren\u2019s dealing with today. On the other side of the garage, you have a guy that\u2019s a lot more buttoned up, a lot less likely to say something in the media, a little more precise and kind of more \u2018The Professor\u2019 sort of vibe, right?<\/p>\n \u201cThere are certainly traits that are common among all of the great drivers or great athletes, right? That killer instinct, that crazy self-confidence.<\/p>\n \u201cI think Lando is confident in his ability to drive a race car and the way he approaches dealing with this stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n READ MORE: All to know about Ayrton Senna including Alain Prost rivalry and Imola crash<\/a><\/p>\n Will Lando Norris emulate Ayrton Senna after Oscar Piastri is compared to Alain Prost?<\/p>\n Senna and Prost\u2019s rivalry is one of the most famous in Formula 1 history, and led to two championships being decided by contact at successive Japanese Grand Prix.<\/p>\n![\"McLaren](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2223383557-1024x683.jpg\")
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