Two McLaren drivers preventing for the drivers’ world championship is just not an odd sight, and Lando Norris tried to get a “cheeky” edge up his sleeve throughout the qualifying for the Spanish GP. This was then addressed by group principal Andrea Stella, who urged the group to do higher at doing its homework so an intra-team battle doesn’t spark up within the squad.
On the qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix, Oscar Piastri and Norris traded blows at one another by snubbing away provisional pole lap occasions. Furthermore, within the shootout for pole in Q3, the Aussie had concluded his run and located his teammate sneaking in some slipstream within the last part of the observe.
This dance was not orchestrated by the group, which led the championship chief to deem the transfer cheeky, and he instantly slowed down on the observe. Nevertheless, this slipstream helped Norris in claiming the provisional pole laptime by lower than two-hundredths of a second.
Although it didn’t matter in the long term as Piastri quickly took again the pole place within the last run, that too with the largest pole margin of the season, such a transfer by Norris might have sparked up some pointless debacles. Reflecting on it after McLaren scored a 1-2 on the Spanish Grand Prix, Stella revealed how the qualifying shenanigans had been the one flaw from their weekend, and McLaren wanted to do their homework, as he stated (RacingNews365):
“On this case, I feel Oscar’s remark was to focus on a scenario that we didn’t talk about earlier than. In itself, it’s not something too controversial, however we didn’t talk about that earlier than and we don’t wish to shock our drivers with conditions that we didn’t talk about earlier than. So a bit bit to tackle for the group slightly than for the drivers.”
“We’ve got to do homework and be prepared much more for the approaching races, which absolutely shall be attention-grabbing.”
When the chequered flag fell on observe on the finish of lap 66, the 24-year-old emerged because the race winner.
Oscar Piastri retained his group chief determine at McLaren regardless of Lando Norris’ ways throughout qualifying
Oscar Piastri received his fifth race of the 2025 season within the European nation. It was a much-needed win for the Aussie, as Lando Norris had shrunk his deficit within the championship standings to a mere three factors after profitable in Monaco.
Despite his McLaren teammate’s antics throughout qualifying, Piastri claimed the pole place and the race win eventually. Sharing his ideas on the entire weekend, the seven-time race winner stated (through McLaren):
“We executed all the pieces we would have liked to when it counted and that’s all you may ask for. The group gave me an excellent automotive as soon as once more, and I’m very happy with the work we’ve finished. There was quite a lot of help within the grandstands, so because of the group for being on the market. We couldn’t have ended the triple header any higher as a group.”
Whereas Piastri has 5 race victories, Norris and Max Verstappen have scored two race victories every thus far, with 15 extra races left on the F1 calendar.
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