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oscar piastri Missed the opportunity to close the gap on teammates even further lando norris in the race of f1 One after the World Championship mclaren Strategy mistake in Qatar.
Pole-sitter Piastri looked comfortable in the lead at Lusail, before an early crash triggered a safety car, sending all cars except three diving into the pits on lap seven. It’s surprising, mclaren Piastri and second-place finisher Norris were both eliminated.
Piastri was then playing catch-up, missing the chance to make a “free” pit-stop and however he eventually became the race winner. max verstappen In the end, he could not catch the Red Bull driver and had to settle for second place. On team radio shortly afterwards, the Australian said he was “speechless”.
While Piastri scored points on Norris – who finished fourth – it meant the Australian dropped to third in the championship standings, four points behind Verstappen. Only eight races earlier, Piastri had a lead of 104 points over the Dutchman.
However, trailing Norris by 16 points, Piastri still has a chance to win his first title Abu Dhabi next Sunday.
But when can Piastri claim the 2025 F1 World Championship?
it goes down now Abu Dhabi,
Top-3 – F1 World Championship
1. lando norris ,mclaren)- 408 points
2. max verstappen (Red Bull) – 396 points
3. oscar piastri ,mclaren)- 392 points
Norris has opened up a 12-point lead over Verstappen, who is now in second place. Piastri is 16 points behind his teammate.
It’s a typical race weekend Abu DhabiTherefore, if Norris finishes on the podium at the Yas Marina Circuit he will win the World Championship, Minimum 3rd place (15 points), Abu Dhabi This will give Norris an unassailable lead of 27 points.
Piastri now faces a difficult task. Simply put: he Needs to score 17 more points than Norris And Five points more than Verstappen To guarantee the title. At least, he Must finish in second place or higher To get a chance.
What might this look like in reality? If Piastri wins the Grand Prix, Norris will have to finish sixth or lower and Verstappen will have to finish second or lower.
If Piastri finishes second, he will have to beat Norris into ninth or lower and Verstappen into fourth or lower. If Piastri finished third or lower, he would not win the championship.
As far as Verstappen’s chances are concerned, fourth place for Norris (12 points) would give the Briton a 24-point lead and thus, if Verstappen wins the race, the Dutchman will clinch the title by one point.
Alternatively, Verstappen only needs to score 13 more points than Norris.
Twelve more points would put them level, but unless Verstappen won (in which case Norris would have finished off the podium he would have won the title anyway) they would both be tied on countback at seven wins each. It then drops to second place, where Norris has an advantage of eight compared to Verstappen’s five. Piastri finished second only four times.
If they are all level on points, it goes into countdown. As things stand, all three drivers have won seven races, but Norris has eight in second place, compared to five for Verstappen and four for Piastri.
