{"id":192672,"date":"2025-10-06T06:56:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T06:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/192672\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T06:56:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T06:56:11","slug":"who-slept-worst-last-night-oscar-piastri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/192672\/","title":{"rendered":"Who slept worst last night: Oscar Piastri"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear readers, I know that Oscar Piastri<\/a> already had trouble sleeping after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. But, just as my colleague Christian Nimmervoll thought this after Baku<\/a>, I feel the same way now after Singapore: Piastri will have had another very restless night. His cautious, reserved demeanour in the media rounds doesn\u2019t change that.\u00a0<\/p>\n

No question: something is brewing inside Piastri.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On the one hand, there was the situation with Lando Norris<\/a> right after the start, which from his perspective was not just unfortunate \u2013 but unfair.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Of course, one can argue about that view. But what seems undeniable to me is that Piastri must be feeling increasingly fooled. Because it always looks like he\u2019s the one who has to take the hit \u2013 and Norris is the one who benefits. See Monza<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And even though team boss Zak Brown and team principal Andrea Stella have been repeating like a mantra for months that both McLaren<\/a> drivers have equal opportunities and that fairness is paramount, doubts inevitably creep in during such moments.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Piastri, of course, knows all the internal agreements and will be able to correctly assess situations like those in Monza or Singapore. But that doesn\u2019t erase the \u201cWhy always me?\u201d impression. With every new case, his frustration and concern grow that maybe, just maybe, Norris really is being favoured.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The gap is shrinking\u00a0<\/p>\n

On the other hand, there\u2019s Piastri\u2019s dwindling lead in the drivers\u2019 standings: with his victory in Zandvoort<\/a> and Norris\u2019 retirement, he had built up a cushion of 34 points \u2013 his largest lead so far.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Oscar <\/p>\n

Oscar Piastri, McLaren<\/p>\n

Photo by: Steven Tee \/ LAT Images via Getty Images<\/p>\n

But that lead is crumbling, week by week: in Monza it shrank by three points, in Baku by six, in Singapore by another three \u2013 and in two of those three races, controversial incidents from Piastri\u2019s perspective played a decisive role. That\u2019s enough to make anyone think twice.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Because Norris is closing in, step by step: if the current points trend since Monza continues, Piastri will lose this championship to Norris \u2013 by two points.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And then there\u2019s Max Verstappen<\/a>, still lurking as an invisible threat: 10 points gained in Monza, 25 in Baku, six in Singapore \u2013 Piastri\u2019s recent numbers against him are also clearly negative.\u00a0<\/p>\n

How will Piastri respond?\u00a0<\/p>\n

This won’t leave Piastri unaffected \u2013 how could it?\u00a0<\/p>\n

And if the current trend in the championship standings doesn\u2019t already cost him sleep, then surely the question of how he should now approach his intra-team battle with Norris does.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Especially after Singapore, I expect some kind of reaction from Piastri: a statement on the racetrack, either through an outstanding performance behind the wheel or through uncompromising wheel-to-wheel behaviour against Norris. Because what Piastri desperately needs right now is a turning point \u2013 also for his own self-confidence.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And let\u2019s be honest: who could sleep soundly in this situation, on the verge of perhaps the greatest success of their career? I certainly couldn\u2019t. And I don\u2019t think Piastri can, either.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Yours, Stefan Ehlen\u00a0<\/p>\n

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