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MCLAREN’S DILEMMA: DID TEAM ORDERS TRIGGER PIASTRI’S LATE-SEASON SLUMP IN 2025?
Lando Norris is the 2025 F1 champion, but did Oscar Piastri’s 34-point lead evaporate due to a lack of rookie consistency?
In 2025, Oscar Piastri led the F1 drivers’ title race for 71% of the season but ended up third overall. His McLaren teammate, Lando Norris, snatched the championship win.
The McLaren pair dominated the 2025 season from beginning to end. Norris held the lead for 77 days, while Piastri led for 189 days. Norris grabbed the top spot from Red Bull's Max Verstappen after a dominant 1,029 days, starting with a win in the Australian opener.
Verstappen didn't lead the standings at all that season, a first since 2020, yet he almost grabbed the 2025 title. Norris beat Verstappen by just two points after 24 races and six F1 Sprints. Piastri finished third, 13 points behind
Christian Danner believes Piastri lacked the 'consistency' needed to win the 2025 title. Norris passed Piastri in Mexico City after winning from pole position in the 20th of 24 rounds. Piastri had been in front since his win in Saudi Arabia in the fifth round and led by as much as 34 points after winning the Dutch race in the 15th round.
Danner told sport.de that Piastri is still a rookie next to Norris and Verstappen. He had a lot to learn, which is key in a championship fight.
He needs a certain level of consistency, which he lost a bit in the final part of the season. But he got it back and was great in the end. That's why the three-way fight for the title was so interesting, even with all the issues the drivers faced.
Piastri was consistent for most of 2025. The Australian finished on the podium in 14 of the first 16 races. But he only got two more podiums in the last eight.
Norris also had 13 podiums in the first 16 races. He would have had 14 if not for an oil issue in the Dutch race. He was in second place when Piastri won his seventh and final race.
Piastri's season took a turn starting at Monza. He recovered when F1 went to Qatar and Abu Dhabi. McLaren's order for Piastri to let Norris pass him in the Italian race seemed to start Piastri's fall in 2025.
Danner isn't alone in thinking Piastri needs to improve to challenge Norris and Verstappen. Guenther Steiner says Piastri is “to blame” for losing the 2025 title, saying he did “nothing” between rounds 17 and 22.
McLaren CEO Zak Brown feels Piastri can win a title, maybe in 2026 with the new F1 rules. He nearly won in 2025, but Piastri can't repeat his late-season struggles.
WHO IS THE F1 GOAT: ZAK BROWN RANKS AYRTON SENN ABOVE SEVEN-TIME CHAMPION LEWIS HAMILTON
Zak Brown sparks a GOAT debate: Discover why the McLaren CEO ranks Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher above Lewis Hamilton.
People often call Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen two of the best racers ever, but McLaren CEO Zak Brown doesn't think either is in his top two.
Hamilton has won the most in F1, and he and Michael Schumacher (who Brown says is the second-best) both hold the record for seven titles. Juan Manuel Fangio is third with five titles.
Verstappen is tied with Alain Prost and Sebastian Vettel with four titles. McLaren's Lando Norris grabbed the 2025 title by only two points, ending Verstappen's four-year run.
Verstappen could have been like Schumacher if he'd won in 2025. Schumacher's still the only racer to win five in a row from 2000 to 2004 for Ferrari. Vettel (2010-2013) and Hamilton (2017-2020) both grabbed four in a row.
Zak Brown thinks Ayrton Senna is the GOAT; prove him wrong
Zak Brown believes Ayrton Senna is the absolute best in F1. Hamilton also has the most Grand Prix wins (105), pole positions (104), and podiums (202). Schumacher is second in each, with 91 wins, 68 poles, and 155 podiums. Verstappen is third for wins (71) and podiums (127) but fifth for poles (48).
Still, Brown thinks Ayrton Senna is the best F1 driver ever. He puts Hamilton and Verstappen behind Schumacher. Senna won three titles before his death at Imola in the 1993 San Marino Grand Prix.
Brown told BAT, Senna is a no-brainer. After that, probably Schumacher. You are wrong. Put Lewis in there, and you have to put Max in there.
But my second favourite is Mario Andretti. I love Mario and the guys who do different things. Nigel Mansell, Emerson Fittipaldi, and Mario Andretti were IndyCar and Formula 1 world champions. That's why I admire Fernando Alonso so much.
When Alonso was like, 'Let's go to Indy [the Indianapolis 500],' not many F1 racers would be up for it. I think after he started, he was like, 'Oh my God.' It's punishing, 230 miles an hour. It's crazy.
Max Verstappen is becoming part of the F1 GOAT talk.
Senna is third in poles (65), fifth in Grand Prix wins (41), and eighth in podiums (80). He also raced in the fewest Grands Prix: 162 versus Hamilton's 380, Schumacher's 308, and Verstappen's 236.
Senna often shone in qualifying and in the rain. But not everyone agrees with Brown that Senna's the best, as Verstappen is getting much praise.
Senna's ex-teammate Stefan Johansson thinks Verstappen is the best ever since he's the most complete. But some might say Verstappen still has to prove himself in close races against his rivals.
NEW FIA RULES ALLOW MAX VERSTAPPEN TO TAKE DANIEL RICCIARDO’S NUMBER 3 TODAY
Max Verstappen confirms he will use the number 3 in 2026, opting for a fresh start after Lando Norris claimed the World Championship.
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Max Verstappen, who’s had the 1 on his car since he became world champ in 2022, won’t be able to keep it. Lando Norris snagged the 2025 title.
Lando Norris has said he’ll use the champion’s 1 in 2026.
Instead of going back to #33, which he used from his debut in 2015 to the end of 2021, Verstappen is starting fresh with #3 next year.
This change is happening because the FIA recently changed the rules, letting drivers switch their permanent numbers mid-career.
“It won’t be number 33,” Verstappen told Viaplay.
“My favourite number has always been 3, besides number 1.
“Now we can switch, so it will be number 3.
“33 was always good, but I like a single 3 better than two 3s. I always said it meant double happiness, but I’ve already had my share of luck in F1.”
This number is also important at Red Bull because Daniel Ricciardo used it for his entire Formula 1 career until he retired in 2024.
Ricciardo began racing with the number in 2014, when drivers could first pick permanent race numbers. He used it even when he and Verstappen were teammates at Red Bull from 2016 to 2018.
Before, Verstappen would have had to wait two whole seasons before Ricciardo’s number was free to use.
But the FIA said that a driver can take a number sooner if the previous owner gives it up. Ricciardo agreed to let Verstappen have the number starting in 2026.
Verstappen was recently spotted with the number 3 above his pit box during a GT test in Portugal, hinting at the decision before the official 2026 entry list comes out later this month.
Verstappen is making this switch as he gets ready for F1’s new set of rules, after losing the 2025 title by a small margin. He finished just two points behind Norris and has a new teammate, Isack Hadjar, who's been promoted from Racing Bulls.
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