A team of F1 with pilots in a good relationship? »McLaren tries the impossible, Norris confirms:” It's number one “
Article by Luminița Paul – published Thursday, June 12, 2025 22:00 / Updated Thursday, June 12, 2025 22:00
Lando Norris (25 years old), the McLaren pilot, believes he can have a successful journey with his teammate from McLaren, Oscar Piastri (24 years old), putting the common interest in the first place.
In the week in which the 10th race of the season, the Grand Prize of Canada is scheduled, Lando Norrisone of the title favorites, evaluated its evolution so far. He also spoke about the strategy of his team, McLaren, not to create big differences between him and Oscar Piastri, the current leader in the individual hierarchy.
Norris explored his approach and the team to have two extremely close pilots in the fastest car on the track, allowing them to get along and trying to prevent their pride from destroying the team, as has happened in F1 in the past.
McLaren asks Norris and Piastri to put the team in the first place, while watching the individual dream they both have since they were children. So far it has worked.
Lando Norris: “I'm a great teammate”
“I think things are like that because I'm a great teammate“, Norris said, smiling in an interview for the BBC. But his statement has a serious background.
“I'm not saying this in the wrong sense,” he added. “Even when your teammate is always your greatest rival and the one you want to overcome and you have to overcome more than anyone, I always wanted to have fun, laugh and make jokes and enjoy life”, It is the philosophy of Norris.
This is what I finally make to enjoy my life. And we want to do this together. We are different people, different characters, but we both know in the depths of the soul that we want to beat each other. But we also want to enjoy our journey – Lando Norris
Usually, in Formula 1, it is difficult to claim the teammates in a team to remain in friendly or at least cordial terms. In most cases, it did not happen. The pursuit of the personal target passes in front, and the relationship suffers.
Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, the fastest in the first workouts in the Grand Prize of Spain. Photo: Imago
McLaren tries to achieve something more or less unique in the modern history of F1. They say they expect their pilots to unite at some point, but I also think they can manage this, due to their transparent approach from the beginning.
Lando Norris: “Our only purpose is to be on the track for McLaren”
Perhaps the difference between their personalities – Norris, open, smiling, pony, cold, reserved – will be the key to a unique success.
“I am employed by the team and I have to lead and compete for them,” Norris said for the same source. “As a number one, it is the team. This is what we need to win at the end of the season and then is the individual champion”.
Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris at an event of McLaren Photo: Instagram
“Everyone has seen a lot of championships in which the teammates are getting worse than the other and they go in the wrong direction. And this normally leads to many things, as a domino effect of things that begin to fail. It is not what we want,” added Lando Norris.
“We know we want to compete. We are free to make each other as individuals, but we also know that our only purpose is to be on the track for McLaren, the team, the name under which we evolve. And this is one thing we are both very proud of“Norris concluded.
He occupies the second place in the pilot standings, with 176 points and two victories, Australia and Monaco. Piastri is above, with 186 points, winning the races in China, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Miami and Spain. ANY Max Verstappenthe champion who is not very far away, with his 137 points and triumphes in Japan and Emilia-Romagna.
