Only three points separate Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris after a third brand of the Formula 1 season 2025, but Max Verstappen is still at a moving distance from the McLaren couple.
Piastri is three points for Norris with Verstappen 25 points behind the Australian who will start the Spanish Grand Prix this weekend.
Traditionally, a car that is quickly around the circuit is the Barcelona-Catalunya fast for most traces on the calendar, but a technical end to flexi wings will also contribute to the intrigues around McLaren’s pace benefit over the field and whether that remains.
McLaren has a huge lead of 152 points about Mercedes in the Constructors Championship and his 156 points ahead of Red Bull.
Their evenly matched driver saving means that Norris and Piastri have, however, removed points from each other in the driver’s championship, while Verstappen did not have to worry about his teammate and maximized most of his results.
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McLaren CEO Zak Brown insists that the team does not have to switch to a team with one car, since both Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri Challenge for the WDC
Although McLaren currently has a small pace advantage over the field, it can quickly change through upgrades of their rivals and understanding the cars.
This weekend in Spain a new loading test will be introduced on front wings that, according to Red Bull Boss Christian Horner, says that an “impact” will have.
Whether that has a negative influence on McLaren is still to be seen, but if so, and Verstappen can regularly challenge for victories at an outright pace, Zak Brown and Andrea Stella regret that they do not have number one driver?
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Bernie Collins explains more about the new front wing tests that are introduced in the Spanish Grand Prix and how it can shake the season
It makes no sense to make one driver upset
Talk about The F1 Show“ Sky Sport F1s David Croft made the point that having an outright protagonist at McLaren would only lead that Norris or Piastri would look for a driver elsewhere.
“The huge gap McLaren has stabbed the debate as a bed that they need a driver number one and number two,” said Croft.
“McLaren says that they will” pursue the best interests of the team while retaining the interest of the drivers. “As racing fans we want to see racing. We don’t want to see that team orders or drivers sacrifice their race for someone else.
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McLaren’s Lando Norris wins at the Monaco Grand Prix, which cuts the lead of Oscar Piastri in the driver’s championship to just three points
“They make the points they need for the manufacturers and let the drivers delete it. We stand for a mega season.
“The team wants to win the Constructors ‘Championship, right? The team is not going to sacrifice a driver, while both can win a driver’s championship, while they can easily win a constructors’ championship. It makes no sense to do that, because all you are going to do is hasten the door of both Lando or Oscar.”
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McLaren’s Lando Norris was ecstatic after he won for the first time in his career around Monaco
What if Verstappen is still in the title fight in the second half of the season?
Verstappen won two of the eight F1 races, in Suzuka and Imola, but only with the latter did Red Bull demonstrably have a stronger car than McLaren.
Sky Sports F1‘s Simon Lazenby did not fully agree with Croft and thinks that McLaren may have to support the leading driver in the rankings if Verstappen stays at the distance later in the season.
“When it comes to it, the drivers Spanish GP: Have McLaren built a big enough championship lead over Max Verstappen before rule change? Is the one they want now, “he said.
“Let’s say that one of the drivers gets 25 or 30 points ahead, but Max is hot, they are not all their eggs in the basket for those who lead [the championship]. They are not actually going to do Monaco Grand Prix [strategy] And use the second driver as a buffer? “
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Lando Norris just passes teammate Oscar Piastri to become the second during the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
Sky Sports F1’s Bernie Collins added: “If they come to a point where they bump into each other and therefore risk the constructors’ championship, the point where they will say ‘enough is enough’.
“For now, when they fight neatly and get both good points in the constructors’ championship, there will be a point that has been done mathematically and at that moment there is even less necessary to tell them to keep station.
“Zak wants it all. One-two in the drivers and to win the constructors,” so he will make his drivers as happy as possible to make that happen. “
Sky Sports F1’s Spanish Grand Prix schedule
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Prior to this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix, we look back on some of the most dramatic moments of earlier races in the Barcelona-Catalunya circuit
Thursday 29 May
2 pm: Drivers’ press conference
Friday 30 May
8.50 am: f3 -practice
10 hours: F2 exercise
Noon: Spanish doctor practice (Session starts at 12.30 pm)
13.55 hours: F3 qualification
2.50 pm: F2 qualification
3.35 pm: Spanish doctor practice two (Session starts at 4 p.m.)
5.15 pm: the F1 show
Saturday 31 May
9 am: F3 Sprint
11.15 am: Spanish doctor practice three (Session starts at 11.30 am)
1.10 pm: F2 Sprint
2.10 pm: Spanish GP-qualifying structure*
3 pm: Spanish doctor qualification*
Sunday June 1
7.25 am: F3 Feature Race
8.55 am: F2 Feature Race
12.30 pm: Grand Prix Sunday: Spanish GP structure*
2 pm: the Spanish Grand Prix*
4 pm: Targeted flag: Spanish doctor Comment
*Live also on Sky Sports Main Event
The European Triple Header from F1 is concluded with the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona, with live coverage from Friday on Sky Sports F1. Stream Sky Sports with Now – No contract, cancel at any time
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