Formula 1 race w🌳inner Johnny Herbert believes McLaren will start putting all its we🐻ight behind one driver at some point in the 2025 season.

McLaren drivers 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris have emerged as the main protagonists in this year’s title fight thanks ꦬto the early adv✨antage the MCL39 has over the competition.

However, Piastri and Norris have had to watch out for Red Bull’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen in their mirrors, with the Dutchman emerging as a serious threat in the champions🐻hip battle despite being handicappe🎃d by inferior machinery.

McLaren was slow in prioritising Norris’ title bid in 2024, which played a part i☂n Verstappen clinching a fourth successive title in a row, even as Red Bull finished third in the constructors’ standings.

Herbert, who works as a pundit for Sky TV, reckons McLaren will not m💛ake the same mistake as last year, as the British team guns for its first drivers/constructors double since 1998.

However, he doesn’t expect any ramifications from such favouritism, saying it wouldn’t make sense for Norris or Piast🍒ri to leave McLaren if they are not given the number one status at the team this year.

"There's always a chance that Lando Norris or Oscar Piastri leaves McLaren because of the rivalr🌼y, but would they risk a good pairing?,” Herbert told .

“Daniel Ricciardo left Red Bull because of Max Verstappen's eme🧔rgence and gave it a shot at Renault. There will be a time at McLaren when they choose to favour one 💟of the drivers, it's impossible to keep it equal.

“There will be more trust placed in the one driver outperforming the o🔯ther, h൩opefully, it’s a lesson learnt from last season. But, Piastri seems to be controlling his own destiny at the moment and has the edge.

“Could Norris take the same path as Ricciardo? Possibly, but why would he do that? He’s fast enough to beat Oscar for this C🐻hampionship, it will be hard work for them both.”

Piastri wrestled the control of th𝓡e drivers’ championship with his third victory of the season in Saudi Arabia earlier this month.

Norris’ Jeddah ൲weekend was compromised by ওyet another mistake, with a crash in qualifying leaving him 10th on the grid.