Norris certainly not out of title fight – Piastri

Grand Prix in Italy

Dates: 5-7 September Race start time: 14:00 BST on Sunday

Lando Norris, who is Oscar Piastri’s teammate, is “certainly not out of the fight” for the title, according to Piastri.

After his engine failed while he was battling with the Australian at the Dutch Grand Prix on Sunday, Norris lost to Piastri by 34 points.

The championship lead would need to be reclaimed if Piastri and Norris could win five straight races, with Piastri coming in second overall.

Piastri stated, “I don’t expect much to change, but it’s a little more difficult now.” We’ll likely compete in the same manner, in my opinion. I believe that everyone will take the same amount of risk.

We’re both attempting to move as quickly as possible. That aspect of things doesn’t seem to be holding anything back. Therefore, I have no expectation of change.

Piastri, 24, claimed that this was a “comfortable gap” based on his own experience in one of the junior categories.

He claimed that the gap between this and the final round was significantly larger and had been completely erased. It’s still far too early to start making calculations and choosing positions that aren’t first.

The McLaren drivers have won 12 of the 15 races this year, according to Piastri, who spoke with Rick Edwards from 5 Live Breakfast in an interview.

Because I won five more races this year than I did throughout my entire career, Piastri said, “the gap to everyone else and the amount of wins is probably the most surprising one.”

Although it’s been a short career, having that many victories and having a car and a team that are so dominant has been the biggest surprise.

He claimed that being able to drive the McLaren was “a joy” and that having to deal with “too many other teams” was nice in some ways.

However, Norris claimed that he now wishes there could be other teams that could enter the conflict for victories.

Before arriving in Monza, Norris claimed it was “surprisingly simple” to put the disappointment of Zandvoort behind him.

He said, “I’ve been working on it a lot more than just the general stuff,” keeping track of my driving.

There has been a change, and there are definitely improvements. It doesn’t mean that I don’t get irritated and frustrated when I perform poorly, make mistakes, fall short of pole position, or lose to win races.

“I still get frustrated by those moments and still get down and whatever,” says one person, “but what I’m much better at now is dealing with it and letting it have an impact on everything else.”

So I’m excited for what I’m anticipating because it’s, yes, surprisingly simple for me to put it behind and look forward to this weekend.

He stated that he wanted to try to reduce the deficit without causing any misfortunes to Piastri.

I just hope I can recover that last bit so that I can win the championship without anything happening. That’s how I want to go about it, he continued.

It’s not as though this was the catalyst that caused me to start doing more because I feel like I’m doing everything I can.

“I just need to keep my chin up, my head high, and try it again next year if I lose the championship by those points.”

It’s not anyone’s fault; I can’t dwell too much on those instances. I’m just trying to move on and take it off the chin, which is what I’m trying to do right now.