07/07/2025 08:20
Lando Norris has issued a word of caution regarding his recent hot
streak in F1, denying he has momentum on his side. The McLaren
driver prevailed at his home British Grand Prix on Sunday from
Silverstone to close the gap to team-mate Oscar Piastri in the
drivers' championship. The deficit now reads just eight points at
the halfway point in the season. Norris benefited from a 10-second
time penalty issued to Piastri at Silverstone, claiming the lead
during the final pit stop phase of the race when Piastri served his
punishment. Having now claimed back-to-back victories, Norris
maintains he is taking the title fight one race at a time. "It's
tough to say," Norris told media including RacingNews365 . "You can
always class it as momentum or whatever, but I don't think that
way. "It's whatever you want to believe in the end of the day. I
think it's still just one race at a time. "Obviously, I had a good
race last weekend and we had a good battle, and we got close, and I
was looking forward to another good battle." The gaps between
Norris and Piastri have been close all through the season as both
pursue their first F1 titles. Norris highlighted the tight battles
take their toll and result in "exhausting" weekends as they hunt
for every last millisecond. "I give my credit to Oscar at the same
time because he drove an extremely good race. But it's two wins,
but they've not come easy by any means. "We've had good fights,
but they're pretty strenuous, exhausting weekends because you're
fighting for hundredths and thousandths, and you're fighting for
perfection every session and I'm against some pretty good drivers.
"It takes a lot out of you, especially when you have a race like
today. "I've had two good weekends and, of course, I would love to
continue that momentum, but it still requires more consistency.
"Two weekends doesn't mean anything otherwise. And I just need to
keep it up and keep working hard."
