How Lando Norris’s return times compared to Oscar Piastri in the Pirelli de McLaren tire test this week

However, at the end of the season, the gap had grown in 50 points. Piastri suffered a late, eighth fall in Mexico, eighth in Brazil and seventh in Las Vegas. Norris won the end of the season in Abu Dhabi, while his teammate could only handle the tenth after a first corner entanglement with Max Verstappen.

Yeah McLaren Maintain the slight advantage of performance they had for much of the 2024 season, it is feasible that their two pilots fight for the title this year. But both need to eradicate certain weaknesses to become champions.

Norris has promised his fans that he will not make the same mistakes This year after letting them on the hook. He did not seem prepared for the strategic demands of a fight for the title.

McLaren wants Piastri to improve in the qualificationwhere he lost 21-3 against Norris last year. And you must also eradicate free weekends that a driver like Verstappen simply does not have.

Oscar Piastri surpasses Lando Norris in the McLaren tire test

Both McLaren pilots were in the Paul Ricard circuit in France this week testing the pirelli wet weather tires for the 2026 season. To simulate the reduced levels of aerodynamic load in the next generation of cars, there were modifications to the MCL60: the Challenger 2023 of McLaren.

Piastri and Norris also led in a short 3.5 km design, instead of the 5.8 mile configuration used for the France Grand Prix until he left the calendar in 2023. Pirelli watered the track with sprinklers.

The first day, Pastri’s execution plan was interrupted by ‘adverse’ conditions, according to Author. But it still managed to complete 120 laps, establishing a better time of 1: 07.008.

Norris took over day two, completing 40 km more than his teammate. But he only achieved a 1: 07,956, almost a second slower.

Pirelli says it is difficult to match the conditions of the track, even with the sprinklers. Nor is it known how much the two drivers were pressing.

But, nevertheless, it is intriguing that Piastri was much faster. McLaren will join Ferrari for a dry climate tire test in Barcelona next week.

Oscar Piastri accused of making a ‘dirty’ movement against Lando Norris

PIASTRI says that he can’t imitate Verstappen and tell the aerodynamics “how to design the car.” But there are some similarities between him and the world champion.

Both have shown a ruthless mentality. While Piastri only has half of penalty points that Verstappen (four vs. eight), is willing to take risks.

For example, Piastri made a ‘dirty’ movement about Norris At the beginning of the Italy Grand Prix, according to James Fuechliffe. He pressed the advantage of his teammate in the second Chicana, with the eventual winner Charles Leclerc to pass while the British took evasive measures.

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