From James BroughtonPresent May 14, 2025
He has the speed, consistency and natural talent. He is a multiple race winner with a championship parking car for the 2025 F1 season. Lando Norris from Oscar Piatri is little to be separated. However, Piatri has developed into the finished article and is an impressive contender for the 2025 F1 driver championship.
Since his entry into Formula 1, Piatri has shown a quiet assurance behind the steering wheel – even in the most intense moments. Such a moment came during the 2025 Miami Grand Prix. He ran in second place and tirelessly put Max Verstappen under pressure, a driver who was notoriously difficult to survive and was even more unpredictable. But Piatri remained patient, waited for Verstappen to make a mistake and immediately grabbed the moment when he did it.
It was Norris’ train and went back through the field after a slow start. However, he sometimes seemed to be blueox, which made life more difficult than it had to be against Verstappen, who clearly lacked McLaren compared to McLaren. Verstappen went far several times and forced him to take alternative measures and to cost him valuable dynamics in his fight against Piatri.
Finally, Norris used the superior performance of his McLaren to get past Verstappen, but it took three rounds longer than Piatri. While Piatri won the race, Norris had to be satisfied with the second, his only consolation was the fastest round. Miami revealed a dent in Norris’ armor; In the course of the radio, he accused Verstappen for questionable driving tactics and accused him of deliberately forced him.
It’s all in the head
But let’s be honest – everyone knows how Shit Race and the length he developed. In the meantime, Norris should have developed a strategy to counteract it. Piatri remained calm and clinically in dealing with Verstappen, while Norris appeared nervous. It seems that Norris has no longer learned from last season and continues to carry a chip on the shoulder when it comes to running off the track.
Perhaps Norris’ greatest weakness is his tendency to deal with his intellectual well -being. It could be better to save these considerations for his memoirs after his career. In every sport, the management of mental pressure is as critical as it is physical conditioning. And as with training in the gym, it is often best handled behind closed doors, away from the public exam.
Norris often speaks openly about the mental tribute of Formula 1, which is commendable in some ways, but it also offers its rivals a window in its way of thinking. In a sport in which border access is noticeable, any knowledge can be granted freely. When he is defeated in the head, it will be defeated on the route. Only he can unlock what holds him back – and it is not stapped, and it is not a Piatri either.
