Lando Norris secures back-to-back wins to boost 2025 title hopes

Lando Norris recorded 2 consecutive victories for the archetypal clip successful his career, giving his 2025 rubric play caller momentum. The CEO of McLaren, Zak Brown, points retired that the collision betwixt Norris and his teammate Oscar Piastri astatine the Canadian Grand Prix really contributed to strengthening their assurance successful the combat for the satellite title title.

During the contention successful Montreal, Norris crashed into Piastri's car successful a combat for 4th place, his biggest clang of the play arsenic helium tries to overtake his workfellow successful the championship. Norris antecedently admitted that helium had difficulties successful qualifying successful the archetypal fractional of the season, which is wherefore the operator and the squad person been moving connected uncovering amended solutions.

Although not yet wholly satisfied with the 2025 car, the 24-year-old Briton is backmost connected way with wins astatine the Austrian Grand Prix and his location Silverstone. His triumph successful the British Grand Prix came arsenic a fortunate surprise, arsenic Piastra was fixed a ten-second punishment for uneven braking, which changed his position.

Zak Brown believes that the Montreal incidental has lifted the team's spirits: "I deliberation Montreal was a large infinitesimal for each of us. The bubble burst, it happened, everyone was talking astir it. I consciousness similar it gave everyone a boost of assurance and comfort; determination was a mistake. We're going to spot much incidents, but those are racing mistakes and they're portion of the sport."

Andrea Stella

McLaren brag Andrea Stella dismissed suggestions that Piastri's punishment detracted from Norris' victory: "Lando did his occupation reasonably and without a mistake, helium drove precise good and quickly, helium got successful the pb and won. He needs to bask this large infinitesimal to the fullest."

Stella added that Piastri volition usage the concern arsenic further motivation. The squad has introduced a caller level during testing, which volition beryllium utilized astatine the contention successful Belgium.

Zak Brown believes McLaren volition proceed with its argumentation of just contention betwixt drivers: "We dainty them arsenic and privation them to determine for themselves who volition beryllium the champion. Both are fair, they volition combat hard, determination volition beryllium mistakes, but we are successful for an epic combat until the past race."