Oscar Piastri’s rapid emergence as a bona fide star of Formula One his rookie season has set him on a collision course with teammate Lando Norris and could give McLaren a serious “headache” in the future.
Perhaps even more intriguing is the fact Piastri has now won an F1 race, albeit a sprint and not a full length Grand Prix, before Norris, who is in his fifth season.
“I think this is a really interesting time in the driver market because we’re in a little bit of a pause until we see what happens for next year,” Sky Sports commentator Karun Chandhok said. “I’d rather have this kind of headache,” McLaren team principal Andrea Stella said when asked about how the team will deal with the growing competition between the two drivers.
It’s rare for a rookie to make such an impression in their debut season but Piastri’s all-round race craft already has pundits salivating over future duels with Verstappen. “That’s an extraordinary position. Not now, but let’s wait a couple of years time; we could have two properly talented drivers absolutely ding-donging it out for race wins and championships.“This is sort of the Senna-Prost stuff at McLaren and Ferrari, those sorts of battles. The Hunt and Lauda stuff — although Hunt wasn’t really a great, like Max is; I think Max’s already better.
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