Not too long ago, if you told any F1 fan that McLaren would have the dominant car in 2025, they would likely pick Lando Norris as the clear drivers' champ. Yes, we saw cracks in the armor from Norris last year that have seemingly gotten larger this season, but we had yet to see Oscar Piastri do much better.

It would be an exaggeration to say that Lando Norris’s season hinges on the result in Austria this weekend. Whatever happens, we will still be less than halfway through this marathon, 24-race campaign.

The McLaren driver has arrived at the Red Bull Ring off the back of colliding with teammate and championship rival Oscar Piastri in Canada. The crash, which Norris took full responsibility for, knocked him out of the grand prix and leaves him 22 points behind Piastri in the standings as we near the halfway point of the season.