14 races completed, 10 still to go. The summer break helps drivers and teams understand which ones objectives were met, which ones not, and which ones to plan for the second half. Talking about McLaren, certainly at the beginning of the year it was believed that having to fight with Ferrari as second force. Excellent planning and many updates that have borne fruit have allowed the Woking team to come to be the first force on the grid. The pinnacle of their work was seen in Hungary with the brace di Oscar piastri e Lando Norris. Speaking of the Australian, these were definitely not expectations for him at the beginning of the year. And he never expected to possibly be able to fight both for the Drivers' and Constructors' World Championships.
Plates on the objectives: "Constructors' World Championship first thought, with Lando we'll see"
A few days ago Piastri spoke to the microphones of Sky Sports News talking a little about this season. Obviously what you want to glean from #81 is the atmosphere within the team. The Australian explains that the objectives in England always remain fixed for get to the Builders: "The primary objective is and remains to win the Constructors' World Championship. It's no longer a fanciful hypothesis because in the last 7 races we have recovered important points from Red Bull. On a personal level, looking at the Drivers' World Championship I want to try to get as high as possible. It's true, I'm not far from the championship race, but it's a bit of an unrealistic thought. Meanwhile, I want to put together some good races to help the team win the Constructors' Championship".
Looking at the scores in the various championships, McLaren is alone 42 points from Red Bull. While in that of pilots, Max Verstappen still has a margin of 78 points on Norris, with plates 32 points behind the mate. The latter has in fact explained that if Lando needs to be helped, everything will be sooner discussed with the team: “Help Lando? The situation will definitely happen. We will discuss it and then decide, but I don't think about it at the moment. As mentioned, the first thought remains to aim for the Constructors' Championship and above all to try to do the best for myself too.".
Source statements: FormulaPassion
