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Johnny Herbert has suggested there is a possibility that Oscar Piastri could leave McLaren following Lando Norris’ championship triumph. The 61-year-old, who offered his assessment of the McLaren driver via a gambling platform,
Oscar Piastri has earned a mega payday for his Formula One campaign in 2025, picking up a massive bonus and flying up the list of F1’s highest earning drivers.
Max Verstappen had a chance to do something historic in Abu Dhabi. He won the race by a distance, so he could scarcely have got closer.
Oscar Piastri heaped praise on McLaren for how it allowed himself and team-mate Lando Norris to fight fairly for the 2025 Formula 1 championship – despite criticism from outside.
Lando Norris says he won’t ask his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri to give up a place to favor him in the three-way Formula 1 title fight with Max Verstappen at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
He might have missed out on World Championship glory, but Oscar Piastri’s breakthrough F1 season has rocketed him up the F1 rich list and made the McLaren driver one of Australia’s best-paid athletes.
Martin Brundle believes McLaren were correct to make the racing decisions many believed favoured Lando Norris over Oscar Piastri. In his Sky Sports F1 column, Brundle wrote: “In Monza, he was asked to hand back a place to Lando after pit stops. For me, it was a very clear decision by the team.
Oscar Piastri was dejected after narrowly missing out on his first Formula 1 drivers championship, but his disappointment would have been softened a little by a stunning bonus that will make the Australian one of the sport’s highest earners.
Piastri let his commanding F1 title race lead slip as he fell to third behind Lando Norris and Max Verstappen.