Asked if he believes he needs to win every race from here, Piastri quipped, \u201cIt\u2019d certainly help.\u201d<\/p>\n
Norris, who celebrated his 26th birthday last week, attributed the turnaround to finding new mental strength throughout the season \u2014 or learning to \u201cjust ignore everyone that talks crap about you,\u201d as he put it in Brazil. He conceded that the criticisms were negatively affecting him and that he \u201ccared too much\u201d \u2014 but is now better at dealing with it.<\/p>\n
He has also found his rhythm in the 2025 McLaren car after struggling to adapt to its evolving characteristics earlier in the season, which led to him over-driving it and making costly errors. He has since cut out those mistakes, and the results show it.<\/p>\n
In a separate interview away from the paddock, Norris said he’s about to have \u201cprobably three of the biggest weekends of my life.\u201d While he said he’s excited to race in Las Vegas, he recalled that his McLaren struggled on these streets during the last two years, giving him \u201csome of our worst weekends of the whole season.\u201d<\/p>\n
And while the team championship has been won up by McLaren, there\u2019s a heated three-way battle for second place between Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari. The constructors\u2019 standings award the cash prizes, giving those teams an incentive to go all out in the final few races to claim the best spot.<\/p>\n