Ex-F1 driver🍸 Johnny Herbert expects the intra-team☂ rivalry at McLaren to be the “big head-to-head” in 2025.

McLaren secured their first F1 constructors’ title since 1998 as they narrowly finished ahead of Ferra𝕴ri in this year's championship.

While168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lando Norris generally had an edge over 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri✃ throughout the year, there were still a number of tense moments between the pair.

In Hungary, Piastri overtook Norrisღ at the start but lost out through the second round of pit sto⭕ps.

This then forced McLaren to order Norris to move over for Piastri, which the Br🌞it was initially reluctant to do.

At Monza, Piastri attacked Norris on the opening lap, causing the latter to lose out to eventual race winner 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc.

McLaren publicly announced Piastr💯i’s role would be to assist Norris from Azerbaijan onwards.

, Herbert sees the battle between Norris and Piastri being one of 2025’s hot storylines.

“He [Piastri] has the right attitude,” he said. “It is about him, and he doesn’t care about anyone else. That is what he has to take into a fresh se🎃ason in which McLaren will start as favourites.

“He has Mark Webber as his 💎manager. Oscar knows what he needs to do. If he comes out of the blocks dominating, then he will be in a very good place, but I don’t think Lando is going to allow that. Lando hasꦚ been magnificent in his qualifying performances and has still raced brilliantly.

“The competition will push the pair of them. I like Oscar’s strong mindset. The next big head-to-head next season is going to be betwe🌌en Oscar and Lando! McLaren will dominate ahead of Red Bull, then Ferrari and Mercedes.”

A big year for Piastri

After a strong rookie season, Piastri struggled to truly bu🥀ild on it, particularly in qualifying during his sophomore yea✤r.

Piastri was only able to out-qualify Norr🤡is on four occasions across 24 races.

His best work was on race day. 

While Piastri lacks Norris’s outright pace, his wheel-to-wheel ability and composure in key moments earned him a number 🌸of big results.

He will need﷽ to up his game in qualifying – and raw pace in general – if he’s going to be a serious threat to Norris.