After his McLaren teammate suffered a DNF at the Dutch Grand Prix, Oscar Piastri has been warned not to get a “bit lazy” in his defense of the F1 championship lead, despite his 34-point lead over Lando Norris.
Those are the words of F1 pundit Jacques Villeneuve, who points out that how Piastri handles these coming nine grands prix will go on to define his place in the Formula 1 history books.
Oscar Piastri warned against getting “lazy” in championship fight
Heading into the 2025 Dutch Grand Prix , Oscar Piastri’s lead over McLaren teammate Lando Norris amounted to just nine points in the drivers’ standings. Yet after Norris’ McLaren suffered a failure and retired from the race in its closing stages, that gap has grown to 34 points — the largest gap between first and second in the