How Oscar Bayshery raped his teammate McLaren Lando Norris as a favorite driver for drivers 2025 F1 | F1 news

Before the 2025 season, there were many British betting makers after they installed Lando Norris as a favorite world champion title Max Versaben.

While Norris discussed his new position in pre -season interviews, his colleague in the McLaren team, Oscar Baysri, calmly insisted that he was preparing to challenge his title, ignoring the fact that the betting was as a relative outside, behind Ferrari Charles Licerk and Luis Hamilton.

But now, with only four rounds of the 24th season, and despite PiaSSTRI Thraiting Norris with three points at the top of the drivers ranking, Australian raped his teammate as a favorite.

Although it is certain that the dual -horse title race between McLares will play, with George Russell from Red Ball, George Russell at an amazing distance, the quick face in the two visualization of the two is undoubtedly better.

Before the Saudi Grand Prize race this week, Sky Sports Analysis of how Norris quickly moved from being seen as McLaren’s main hope, to a weak in his team.

Can Norris deal with pressure?

There was no doubt whether Norris had the speed to become the world champion. While – besides the rest of the network – it may not be at the same level of Verstapen, the British proved last year as he tried to chase the Dutch that he could control races when he has the fastest car.

However, the fact that he also failed to win several 2024 races as he seemed to have a marginal pace feature, left questions about his tendency to reach his own way. The abandonment of the initiative at the beginning of the races was a frequent problem, while Norris also publicly expressed self -doubt and confessed to inferiority in Versappen on several occasions.

Hope was that the first experience of fighting was constantly in the foreground would be Norris on his great opportunity in 2025, and the early signs were great as the pole was taken in the opening match in Australia, then it beat very difficult circumstances to win the race.

Interesting comments came from Russell after this victory, as he suggested that McLaren had a greater advantage than Red Paul during his historically dominant campaign 2023. Russell added that he had more hope to compete for victories because, unlike Red Bull, McLaren Versaben did not have.

It was also noticed that Russell was repeatedly making comments on Norris about his favorite position as they crossed the paths during press conferences and around the ring, as the McLaren driver began to appear angry at the pocket of his opponent for a long time.

Norris stumbled in China, claiming a point in the enemy before having to settle in second place behind Pasri in the race. He improved his colleague in the next round in Japan, but he was second behind Verstapen, where the Red Bull driver caused a discomfort from McLares.

Versaben then said that if he were in McLaren, he would have received a comfortable victory in Suzuka, and then doubled his comments before the race in Bahrain. Norris felt the need to answer Verstapen, before turning into another weak performance as he ranked sixth before he could get rid of his way to the third place in the race.

After the qualifiers, Norris said it was “ignorant” and “just as I did not drive the Formula 1 before.” Only Norris knows how much his competitors’ comments affect, but there is no doubt that they are trying again and again to increase pressure on him.

What Norris says is the problem

Although she was accepting that she is the fastest car on the network, Norris was hinting at defects and dissatisfaction with McLaren’s performance since the weekend of the season.

He went a step forward after PiaSSTRI in Bahrain completely transcended him as he revealed that he “does not click” with the car and therefore does not produce “anywhere near the ability I have.

Norris said: “I am unable to do any rolls as I was doing last season. I knew every one corner, all that would happen with the car, and how it would happen.

“This year I couldn’t feel the opposite yet. Even in Australia, whether I won the race or not, I never felt confident.

“The car was just Mega and this helps me get out of many problems now. I’m anywhere near the ability I have, which hurts me to say.

“I am sure of that – as I know I got what it takes … when you are not confident in the car, to know the maximum, and what to do with slow speed, high speed, and any angle – yes, I will not be fast as I need to be.”

It is clear that Norris sees his contradiction at the beginning of the season as a result of his relationship with MCL39, but his choice is to be very open about his unconventional struggles.

Sky SPORTS F1’s Martin Brundel said in Bahrain: “You have to remember that when we all feel disappointed in the things that happen in our lives, we did not get a camera and millions of people watching us at that moment.

“I think he is trying to pressure this way as well, so that he does not get much sticks, because he says it is nonsense. But to use words like the ignorant, he leads the world championship for good, so it is clear that he is not ignorant. He is one of the best in the world now.

“The problem with this strategy is that it feeds your opponents.

PiaSSTRi progress exceeds expectations

Perhaps the biggest problem ever for Norris is the progress of PiaSSTRI, which seems to have taken another important step forward in the early stages of the F1 third season.

Norris took control of PiaSSTRI in the qualifiers last season with 21-3 face faces, but this time around 2-2 after four races, the Australian came in the lead in China enemy qualifiers. Norris seems to have a race race feature on his teammate in 2024, but there was no sign this time.

PiaSSTri has already applied more pressure on Norris when he succeeded him in Australia and Japan more than the British enables follow -up in China. He won comfortably in Shanghai and the dominant roads in Bahrain on Sunday, when he became the first driver to win this season.

The only summit that was far from PiaSSTRI was the rotation in the rain in Melbourne, which cost him what appeared to be at least second in his home race, but his impressive response to what became the end of the ninth claim may already be erased most of the deficit he created.

Andrea Stella, the director of the McLaren team, made a remarkable acceptance after the race in Bahrain, where he seemed to indicate that his 2025 car was more suitable for PiaSSTri’s driving style more than Norris.

Stella said: “We know that we have made some changes to the car, which made Lando’s life a little more difficult. We know this technically;

Despite this acceptance, McLaren produced a car this year – at least at this stage of the season – faster than the rest of the field. If PiaSSTRI can continue to claim dominant victories such as those he presented in Bahrain, Stella will definitely not look to change MCL39 a lot.

Regardless of the characteristics of the car, it appears that PiaSSTRI has led to improvements with both the title speed and tire management during races, which were the two main fields that need to increase.

“PiaSSTRI has not gradually eliminated or inconvenience to anything”

While some questioned the speed of PiaSSTRI, Australian has shown a remarkable level of apostasy since its first appearance in 2023.

There is a great contradiction between the way McLaren drivers have their business, as PiaSSTRI only gives up the media regardless of his performance.

Although Norris’s approach is undoubtedly more entertaining, beneficial to journalists, it seems that PiaSSTRI is able to pass a weekend in the race with much less stress than his teammate.

Before the Sunday race in Bahrain, Martin Brundel said: “PiaSSTRI got the speed, he got talent, and of course he will become more, more experienced and more comfortable with the McLaren team.

“I spent some time with him this week here and there, and he is horizontal in life as is the case in the race track, and the calm of the mind will pay profits in days like today on the pole.

“I don’t think gradually get rid of anything, and this mental strength will really come this season.”

The words of BRUNDLE indicate that there is unlikely that there is no change in Piaastri’s approach or behavior as a result of his new condition.

While Norris insists that his case with the car, it will be great to know if it becomes weak – albeit marginal – he will liberate him to re -discover his best shape in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the end of this week.

GP dates, Saudi Arabia, the start time in the United Kingdom, and the Sky SPORTS F1 Live Table – Training, qualification and race

Thursday 17 April

• 4 pm: Press conference for drivers

Friday, April 18

• 10.50 am: F2 practice
• 12 pm: F1 academy practice
• 2 pm: Saudi GP practice (one (the session begins at 2.30 pm)
• 3.55 pm: f2 qualifiers
• 4.40 pm: The press conference of the team presidents
• 5.45 pm: The practice of GP, Saudi Arabia, two (the session begins at 6 pm)
• 7.25 pm: F1 Academy qualified
• 8.10 pm: F1 offer

Saturday, April 19

• 1.15 pm: F1 1 Academy Race
• 2.05 pm: Three GP GP Practice (the session begins at 2.30 pm)*
• 4.10 pm: f2 sprint
• 5.10 pm: Saudi Arabian GP
• 6 pm: GP Cadian

Sunday, April 20

• 1 pm: F1 2 Academy Race
• 2.20 pm: F2 Features
• 4.30 pm: Saudi Arabian GP accumulation: Grand Prix Sunday
• 6 pm: Saudi Grand Prix**
• 8 pm: Saudi Arabian GP reaction: a volatile flag

*I also live on the main sky sports event

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