Why Oscar Piastri challenge will make Lando Norris better, McLaren, Fernando Alonso brands McLaren overconfident, Constructors\u2019 Championship, latest, updates\u060c<\/p>\n
McLaren boss Andrea Stella believes Lando Norris’s ‘unease’ at being challenged by Oscar Piastri will only push him to be even better.<\/p>\n
Piastri has scored podiums in his last two races and even won the sprint race at the Qatar Grand Prix, further highlighting his enormous potential.<\/p>\n
Watch every practice, qualifying and race of the 2023 FIA Formula 1 World Championship live and ad-free during the races on Kayo Sports. Sign up now and start<\/a> streaming instantly ><\/b><\/i><\/p>\n As for Norris, he finished one place behind the Australian rookie in Qatar but felt he could have done better.<\/p>\n Piastri’s rapid improvement in form has many people wondering just how worried Norris is for his teammate and what that could mean for the future, especially if they continue to jostle for podiums.<\/p>\n But Stella believes Norris will view the duel between the two McLarens as “positive” and felt it was something the Briton needed to take his driving to the next level.<\/p>\n \u201cLando himself knows that Oscar is a unique talent, you don’t see this kind of talent in Formula 1 every day,\u201d Stella said. Motorsport.com<\/i>.<\/p>\n \u201cSo he\u2019s an absolute reference, even though he\u2019s a rookie, and sometimes Lando knows he\u2019ll set the bar very high.<\/p>\n MORE COVERAGE<\/b><\/p>\n Former F1 mogul pleads guilty to $767 million fraud<\/b><\/p>\n ‘Must deliver now’: Ricciardo’s Red Bull boost as missing star gets biggest warning yet<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cBut if you are a champion like Lando, you will have to take this from a positive point of view because it gives you so much information to continue to improve.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is no champion in the world in any sport who wins everything, or as a driver is faster in every corner, faster in every lap and faster in every session.<\/p>\n \u201cSo for me, Lando sees it as a little bit of discomfort, but it’s the discomfort that you need to become the best in a certain way.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a curse and a blessing to be a champion.\u201d<\/p>\n Norris leads Piastri by just over 50 points this season and will look to increase that margin at the US GP in Texas this weekend.<\/p>\n ALONSO MARKS MCLAREN ‘TOO CONFIDENT’ AMID MANUFACTURERS’ CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE<\/b><\/p>\n Despite closing the gap to just 11 points, Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso believes McLaren is “overconfident” in its hopes of securing fourth place in the Constructors’ Championship<\/a>.<\/p>\n Aston Martin sits in fourth place thanks to an impressive first half of the season as Alonso claimed six podiums in the first 10 races and finished no lower than seventh.<\/p>\n As for his teammate Lance Stroll, he scored points in six of the first 10 races.<\/p>\n But since the Hungarian Grand Prix<\/a>, the duo has not enjoyed the same success as Alonso has only finished on the podium once while Stroll has scored points twice in seven races.<\/p>\n