jensen button believe in lando norris Has shown more confidence in recent races as he has reduced his gap mclaren Team-mate and current championship leader oscar piastri,
Speaking before the United States Grand Prix, the 2009 Formula 1 champion explained that if Norris can “come out on top” at the Circuit of the Americas then he will go into the remaining five race weekends of the season with a lot of confidence.
“I think so, he’s looking very positive in the last few races. Obviously, the incident in Singapore was not good; in a racing scenario you never want to touch your team-mate. He looks confident in himself and right from the start, he had three tenths on Oscar and that continued throughout the weekend,” he explained. Sky Sports F1,
In addition to being a potential confidence boost for the British driver, Button also noted Piastri’s mentally challenging situation.
“If he’s able to come out on top here, it’s a lot of confidence in the rest of the season, and it’s even more difficult for Oscar. You guys go in completely different directions, so the confidence is with Lando, and the negativity is more with Oscar, which we never thought would happen with Oscar! But it happens, we’re all human. That’s the game – mentally, this game is very hard.”
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With five race weekends remaining, including two more sprint races, Piastri now leads Norris by just 14 points. The McLaren pair, who looked to be struggling between them, are now under added pressure for a revival max verstappenAfter the summer break, the Dutchman has won the Italian, Azerbaijan and United States Grands Prix, as well as sprint races at the Circuit of the Americas, while also finishing second at the Netherlands and Singapore races.
As a result, the Red Bull driver has closed the gap on Piastri in the standings to 40 points and 26 points behind Norris.
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