Oscar Piastri

McLaren · P7 · 120 p

The McLaren car currently sits in the upper half (0.37 s/lap off the fastest car in race pace). Piastri qualifies closer to the front than the races show (quali 0.47, race 0.63 s/lap). The trend is upward: over the last five races the race-pace gap has shrunk by 0.14 s/lap. Piastri is hard to pass (defence +0.74 s/lap, car and driver combined).

Piastri has 120 points to Norris's 186, 0 wins to 2. In qualifying Norris leads the intra-team qualifying battle 10–6, by 0.031 s/lap on average in Norris's favour. In races where both were classified: 6–3 to Norris, and in race pace Norris is 0.292 s/lap quicker over the season. Current form (weighted to recent races) gives Norris an edge of 0.09 s/lap.