I think ppl forget this is Oscar's 2nd season.

I like piastri! He acts like an adult, is mature and serious... He has a great future ahead of him...

I agree with you, Piastri has quietly been mounting an incredible challenge for all the other drivers. No rookie right now even comes close to him and his mix of calm & mature attitude whilst still driving aggressively is rare (especially so early!). I am really looking forward to see how his career develops, we could be about to have a new title contender in the next few years...

Having Mark Webber, a very level-headed driver himself, is probably one of the reasons why Piastri is maturing as he is. If Piastri can unlock a bit more natural race pace, he will be a very strong contender in the future.

Piastri is smart, honest to himself, and analytic. He is clearly slower than Lando now, but has potential to be a champion.

Mark Webber and many others have said that Oscar is like Prost in many ways

One of Oscar's greatest strengths in my opinion is his ability to make incredibly close overtakes stick. He will make you think a crash is coming and keep it clean through the whole pass. And then suddenly he is ahead. He has zero fear and simply makes it happen. And it doesn't matter if he's on the inside or not. I think his wheel to wheel is possibly the best on the grid. He just needs to avoid those grid penalties in qualifying and he will be ready to fight Lando and Max.

I like Lando, but feel he’s too soft/immature sometimes. Oscar is probably my “favourite” driver, although that term is cretinous in itself imo. His calmness/maturity stands out for me too, both are great and really promising, but Oscar has the higher ceiling..for sure!

Piastri isn't particularly exciting at press conferences etc because he doesnt bring drama to the scene but in terms of his driving he is getting more exciting over time.

In the last three races, Piastri has made huge steps in his tyre management, which has been biggest weakest to date that is all down to experience. I noticed the last two races, McLaren had Piastri go longer on first tyre stint, which has resulted in Piastri having significant more pace at the end of the race. Piastri has always been a natural quick driver and has the ability to do clean overtakes without crashing. Lando and Oscar have different driving styles, and after Lando win, I got the feeling that McLaren were setting up Oscar’s car based upon Lando’s car setup. This was highlighted at the Spanish GP, where Oscar never felt comfortable with the car. At the Austrian GP, due to being a Spirit weekend, McLaren probably had to initial go with a setup that they know that works for Oscar. Once Oscar was given a car that he was comfortable, his pace was back. It was a learning experience for McLaren as well, in getting the car setup right for Oscar.

Piastri was born a grown-up. He was settled, unfaced and professional in his first year, no reason to change that. He's won the first race (sprint) for McLaren and got a pad on the shoulder while they did a hero's welcome in Woking for Lando when he was gifted a race win by a pollard. Once Piastri improves his quali times, he'll be a force to be reckoned with and all the love for Lando will fall out of the window next season.

I'm new to F1 and after learning more about all the drivers, Piastri is definitely my favorite. Dude is so chill on the radio and only being on his 2nd year he shows so much potential.

Piastri reminds me of Raikkonen in his McLaren years, the biggest difference being that the Mercedes engine is actual reliable this time. Norris should be scared of him, even coming into the second half of this season, I reckon. I will say, McLaren have had the fastest car for a good few races, this year. Norris hasn't really been good enough, & I think he knows that. He even admitted that the McLaren was the fastest car in Spain.

Piastri is one of the smoothest rookies I’ve ever seen. Calm, mature, quick to learn, fast, makes few mistakes. You forget it’s his second season. He’ll be catching up to Lando by next year I feel.

Oh, what an amazing channel I just found! I, as Lando's number 1 fan, agree with everything you said! Lando needs to mature and understand that he is no longer a teenager.

Oscar will be the next WDC

I am a Max Fan, but Piastri will be Max greatest threat in the near future. He is more matured then Lando.

I think webber has a lot to do with his cool head. He would keep his expectations tempered and his feet firmly on the ground In contrast, Lando has been told for years that he's the future world champion and one of the most talented drivers regardless of results

Piastri will get snapped up by one of Redbull, Mercedes or Ferrari once he has a couple of seasons in the top 3 and if McLaren dont make him their priority. If Max goes to Mercedes in 2026 I see Oscar as the driver Horner would most likely target imo. Piastri has been fairly unlucky this year and should be sitting on around 140-150 points which is not far behind Lando. On the other hand Lando has been rather lucky except for Austria, but to give him his due has performed well on the most part. The advantage Lando has is tyre wear but once Piastri catches up with a bit more experience I see Lando getting regularly beaten most weekends by Oscar. Would be interesting to see how Lando deals with it if that scenario presented itself. I think Oscar will be a completely different driver once he gets a couple of wins under his belt this season.

This video nails it. Before the 2026 regulation changes, 2025 represents a real opportunity for Norris. However, if he thinks Max is his only threat, he is not seeing what is happening around him. He needs a cooler head and to stop listening to the British press.

Norris is mostly just running on the high of winning his first grand prix and hungry for more. As much as he says he didn't care about the "no-win Lando" rep prior to his win, I'm sure he's ready and keen to get on about his business of winning more races (cracking the seal, so to speak). From day one in F1, Piastri has always exuded a calm and assuredness that seemed beyond his years. I wouldn't call Piastri more mature or maturing faster. It's a matter of different pressures and stages of their careers.

I seen the title and thought it was about hungary 😂. Seems you are prophetic 😮

All you have to do is listen to lando's team radio for a single race to understand his character

today was so unlucky with the pitstop and McLaren not choosing to double stack, he was challenging Norris - lost around 15 seconds to staying out and then managed to get p4 in the end anyways

Oscar is incredible. Even last year, I could totally see him as a future world champion. He got the talent and definitely got something great in his attitude. You could tell bro is onto something special. I could see both of them as a champion but if I had to choose between them I would choose Oscar and that's insane because the guy doesn't even have a race win yet lmao.

The one thing that might get in Oscars way is tbe British biassed in F1 media. Lando will always be the medias choice.

Yes Oscar is mature and he shows that in his Interviews with his level headedness where Lando is always sookin and almost crying..

I'm old school and have been a Mclaren fan since Senna. Actually before that but Senna has meaning. The pairing of Norris and Piastri are the best pairing Mclaren have had since forever. IMO. Two exciting young drivers that are four years apart in age, three years apart in experience and worlds apart in personality and personal growth. I won't enter the debate with the airchair experts, suffice it to say bring on the racing because that is all that matters to a true F1 fan. Leave the BS where it belongs. Just quietly GO OSCAR!!! 🤣😂🤣😂

When he's been compared to Prost and Räikkönen and he takes inspiration from Senna you know he will be unstoppable when the time comes

This is what I've been saying for a while. Lando is just really fast and is great on his tyres. In terms of outright pace in both quali and race, he's one of the fastest on the grid and his tyre management is second to none. However, he still comes across as a touch immature, selfish and entitled. His "privileged rich kid" upbringing and personality really comes through at times and he seems to have a rather stereotypical social media influencer/streamer personality. He seems to act like McLaren is "Team Lando" and that Oscar is just... there. Like Lando used to be an only child who receives all the attention and then upstart Oscar comes along like a new baby taking away some of that attention and now Lando has to share, but he really doesn't like it. The only reason why Lando is cooperating with Oscar and sharing data is because Oscar is useful to Lando and McLaren in helping them get faster. Lando is trying to use Oscar as a stepping stone to further success. And then there's the races: he seems to easily get jilted and upset when the racing gets tough and things aren't going his way easily, and especially when his teammate is challenging him. I mean he even said that Max shouldn't have fought him so hard and cede to the overtake attempt because he's 80 or so points ahead in the championship so it shouldn't matter to him. When there's a sniff of a victory or pole position or beating Max, he gets complete tunnel vision and reverts back to being a rookie driver, driving like he's in F2 again. Everything is thrown by the wayside and in those moments he lacks a lot of race IQ, race craft or even presence of mind. He feels he is entitled to that race victory and position over Max in Austria. People give George a lot of stick for that kind of mentality (undeservedly so) but I'd argue Lando is way worse. Oscar on the other hand is the new upstart in the team. Despite Oscar being only 18 months into his F1 career and Lando being 6 years, and despite Lando entering into his prime and being at the peak of his pace and performance, Oscar is only a fraction off of Lando's outright pace (in quali). Yes Oscar is more of a way's off of Lando's race pace and tyre management, but again 18 months vs 6 years experience (with a McLaren in F1 with Pirelli tyres). It's taken Lando years to get where he is in terms of race pace and tyre management. Oscar is steadily catching up and in terms of quali pace just needs to make that final step. However, what Oscar has right now over Lando is race IQ, race craft and maturity. Oscar has even likened himself to Prost (rather than Senna).

Lando and maturity? Yeah, the post-race interview said it all... pathetically crying into the microphone how he "may have some respect for Max again if he only admits to being stupid." Now, that'll be a cold day in hell. After the incident Max remained cool as a cucumber, carefully nursing his car into the pits to "salvage" P5 while Lando, devoid of any rationality, kept on racing as if nothing had happened, wrecking floor and suspension of his car in the process... the difference between a champion and an eejit,

PIA will IMHO be ahead of NOR next year

I hope and think that Oscar will go beyond Norris in no time. Norris seems more like ''the new Daniel Ricciardo'' and not ''the next World Champion''. Oscar on the other hand has a MATURE attitude, nerves of steel and just has a vibe that makes you go ''Yeah, I can see you get numerous victories in the future and maybe a title''. That's just my opinion of course ✌

Norris gives out petulant child vibes.

Hungary was the perfect display of Lando's lacking maturity

…. “Don’t want make any difficult decisions regarding their drivers”. I think they can handle it just fine…. Oh wait… they did what!?! 😂

George bottles it under pressure & makes to many mistakes like Charles. Oscar is closer to Max, Lewis or Fernando than the rest are. I see Oscar beating Lando next season onwards.

For some reason I think this driver pairing is similar to Williams’s early 2000s pairing with JP Montoya and Ralf Schumacher.

Silly question OP is more mature then most of the Grid. He just lacks the experience. His demeanor is exactly what you want in a Driver of his talent.

People don't give Lando enough credit, he might act goofy off the race track BUT he is probably one of the most focused competitive drivers on it. He's only crime and it's a good one is that he doesn't celebrate second place or those moments when deep down he knows he could have won.

Lando must’ve been secretly relieved that Piastri’s lap got deleted because what happened in sprint.

great video again! I´d say, that Hülkenberg also got some more light on himself by doing that last lap move onto Perez with letting him through before the drs line. I know, he is already established with over a decade of experience, but i think the newer fans can see him differently now

Lando pushes Max to the grass in the sprint race: It's all fun But Max hard race Lando: all hell breaks loose

What I'll say regarding the crash is everyone needs to see the helicopter shot of it. On boards tell nothing. And yes, Oscar is more mature. A future world champion ❤

Piastri has always been a cool character, and is way ahead of Norris in maturity. The biggest risk to Piastri career is his involvement with team McLaren.

Oscar was more mature than Lando long before he got in an F1 car. Wouldnt be hard really.

Max was mature enough to defend against a faster car and forcing Lando to uncontrolled dive boms and track limits, and extended his lead to NOR and LEC by 10 points. Unlike Piastri, Lando had a disastrous weekend, threw away his sprint and binned his race. And Lando showing he was fully emotional, shows he is not ready for any title race yet ......... just like the british press and fans. Max already voiced he doesnt care how the brits view him, just like Alonso, Schumacher and Senna, who openly dispised the british press, shit-stirring and fans. I think the way the British press is acting, is creating hate ..... but I guess that sells papers and clicks.

I think that if you take outright experience out of it, Piastri was more complete than Norris last year. He has the pace, he has the head, he's very very rapidly learning from the experience he's getting and he's likely going to be on par with Norris by seasons end, in my opinion. He is still learning tyre management, but even at a high deg track like the RBR, he was keeping on top of it quite well. His slip up in quali was unusual for him, and on track Norris doesn't pass him on merit often (it seems to be a team choice often), but Norris has slightly better race pace (though that gap is getting smaller each race). Piastri will get a couple of race wins by seasons end, if McLaren don't fuck the car.

Oscar was born more mature than lando 😅

Oscar going to be a world champion. Lando only if he gets lucky..

I recognize I'm in the minority on this, so I fully expect to be slated here, but something about some of this and the comments triggers me. (1) I don't think it is fair to say that Lando doesn't come out of this in a good light. I think it's quite the opposite. For the last year or so, one of the narratives around Lando was this unfair portrayal of him as a push over when it comes to fighting Max. This incident was a "line in the sand" type moment where he showed he'll stand his ground and give as good as he gets when it comes to fighting Max in near equal cars. This is the only way you can fight Max. Lando legitimately had Max rattled. The late (and dirty) moving under braking and frantic radio messages made Max seem desperate. I think this will be confidence boosting for Lando. I really don't expect this to become a big thing and generally think the uproar now is quite overblown. Lando is smart enough to adjust now that he's experienced first hand the ends to which Max is (illegally IMO) willing to go to win. I think Lando is mature (yes, mature) enough to not make this a regular occurrence. (2) I absolutely hate the amount of psychoanalysis "experts" attempt to conduct on a driver's psyche and their potential based on nothing more than carefully selected radio message replays during a race or social media crafted personas. People also seem to mix up personality/character traits with maturity. Oscar seems a quieter, dry-witted, more serious type of character. Lando a more youthful, outgoing, joking character. That DOESN'T make Lando less mature. I think they are both extremely mature. They have to be in order to handle all the stresses of the job. Oscar and Lando both are tremendous talents and I have no idea who is going to end up with the better career and neither do any of these supposed experts in this comment section. At this point in time, Lando is the better all around driver- superior race pace, very fast in qualifying, better tire management and incredible consistency. With how solid McLaren are as a team, and how inexperienced Oscar is, he is going to have every opportunity to get to Lando's level or potentially exceed in all those areas.. At the same time, Lando is not the finished product either. I think he's taken big steps from last year in terms of race management and consistency in qualifying. He's now, for the first time, learning to race against Max and learn what it means to fight for wins on the regular which is the next skill he'll have to develop, and he is. Oscar will have to do the same, and it would not surprise me one bit if Oscar didn't have a "line in the sand" moment with Max before the end of the year just like Lando did, because that seems to be the only way to race Max. Bottom line, I think people are too quick to discount Lando because of his personality and popularity. As a McLaren fan, I'm so glad these two are on my favorite team.

It probably helps that Oscar also has Mark right there by his side to also guide him

I do wonder why Lando was so overeager, to the point where Max said ‘that’s not how to overtake’. I mean, three tries and three times off, that’s a clear indicator you’re doing things wrong. Max used to be a bad boy but he never did that. A donkey, in general, doesn’t butthead a rock twice, is a saying we have. Oscar may have stuff to learn yet, technical and tactical stuff, but he’s being mature about it. Lando’s learning curve is the emotional one. Being feisty doesn’t work. If you wanna beat Max, keep him in the pressure cooker until he bursts. Don’t go pinpricking, you’ll just hurt yourself.

I'd like to see him get a win this season

People say that Max shouldn't criticize dive bombs because he used to do them back in his pre-champion days is ridiculous. They always said that Verstappen should mature more and/or grow up and actually stop being desperate, but he wouldn't have won anything without driving the wheels of those rb cars, and then when Norris does the same moves even when he had the faster car and was in a track with long ass drs straights they say it was Max's fault. Like come on, the dude was thrust into f1 at 17 of course he isn't gonna be mature in battling and he won his title at 24 which is about the same age most drivers wise up and actually hit their prime. Also to the lulu heads saying that Max spammed divebombs like Norris' to win the title, Lewis also did just bolt and cut the corner whenever Max tried it so I think it's fair.

I don't think Piastri is maturing faster than Norris, I think he's already way more mature than Norris. As in, he's just got that mature type of personality. Even in his first year he was one of the most mature and responsible drivers on the grid. I've only ever seen Oscar act brash once, and that was when Carlos basically took him out of the race in Miami and he was driving really angrily to get back into the points. As Andrea Stella has said many times, Oscar seems to have an old head on young shoulders.

I think your right about a possible future Norris and Piastri rivalry, Piastri had a much more impressive junior career and seems to have better qualifying and race pace. Most of his issue are related to tire degradation which is something change able. Norris has a tendency to have things really get to his head so it would not be surprising to see him do worse or act more erratically in the next few races, Piastri could easily gain from this and cause tension in the Mclaren garage.

Piastri is quietly becoming the new Alain Prost. I like it. Norris might be a smidge quicker right now, but he sounds and acts like a teenage girl at times.

You are right, Piastri will be the real challenge for Max, Lando is way to much of a crybaby!

Oscar P is gon be great he does have a hell of a car for a 2nd year driver tho

From the beginning piastri already act like an adult, really mature with his comment in and out of track. He's really smart in racing and like very tactical approach not just speed alone. Just like gentleman Jim Clark but still need work on his tyre management. As soon he's sorted it out I believe lando will get much of headache fighting piastri

Only have to watch how Oscar overtook Lewis and Carlos.. no dive bombs in site.. Lando had no excuess the car could do it..

What I don't understand is why should the other drivers have to take seconds from drivers like VER/ SCH. If Max raced himself, we know how that has turned out each time a driver said "I'm no longer going to yield to him".

- NGL , PS3 has an old soul . He is seldom fazed by whatever whenever things go wrong for him .

Norris and Piastri are both developing really well, on pure one lap pace they are very close to one another. Over a full race I still feel Norris is the better driver atm, but Piastri is looking better and better. Exiting times for the McLaren team 🔥

Whatever manifested in 2021, it did rekindle my enthusiasm for watching Formula 1 again after decades. Though I still feel very proud of fellow dutch Max and enjoy the CheStappen marketing things, ever since last year the McLaren team really is becoming my favourite team and much to do with that breath of fresh Oz air called Oscar Piastri!

Well said. Couldn’t agree more with every word you said. Keep up the great videos. Subscribed!

Piastri is very stoic

Such a refreshing take, great video!

It will only be a matter of time before Oscar surpasses or equals Lando. A strong contender as well against Max.

I think from the start Oscar is always more mature than almost everyone the entire grid

Piastri has always been mature

Oscar might be in his 2nd season but he is more mature and has a real good mind set and moves on after a race, he’s a quiet achiever which I love and could be Lando’s greatest threat for years to come.🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

Great video keep it up you're doing amazing things 😁👍

Lando has been loyal to Mclaren for years, patiently waiting for the car to be mighty! Oscar has been fortunate to almost instantly get a seat with a winning car! Now we need a winning team/statagy - There is only so much control a driver has over race results!

I have to agree about Oscar being the better potential package, but I find his pace compare to Lando a bit worrying. i expected Oscar to close the gap more by now in terms of race pace given he now has 1.5 seasons under his belt. Last weekend showed as well the difference between Max and Lando. I think Lando is a great guy but his interview compare to Max's sums up how difficult of a challenge Lando has in front of him in Max and Red Bull. Lando talks about Max being desperate; that it is up to Max to apologise; potentially losing respect, whereas Max says that they will talk about it when things calm down a bit. I guess it will be interesting to follow how Lando develops from his battle with Max because even yesterday it showed that Max in the battle is a step above Lando and when both were limping to the pits one driver destroyed his whole car by going too fast to the pits and therefore 0 points, while the other drove quite slowly with the wheel on the rim to the pits and finished fith.

He is tremendously talented, and being constantly adversely impacted by his team's lack of experience as a competitive team.

Thank you for explaining it so well.

I shared 2 karting rivals with Piastri. His grandfather’s cousin was our accountant

I agree, having experience person in Piastri side that know F1 business help him a lot. We can see the same effect of such a person in Franz Tost, how his guidance helps drivers such as Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda.

Been on the Oscar wagon for abt three years now #letsgo81

8:14 yeah I absolutely agree. People love to see drivers act like best mates but there’s such an awkwardness to their pr content. Oscar seems almost self conscious in a lot of the silly games they do, doesn’t put on a show as much as someone like lando or Daniel would. Lando doesn’t know what to do with this and makes even more jokes and teases Oscar a bit and it’s just incredibly awkward 😂 such a small thing that isn’t on either driver but it seems like they don’t have as strong of a friendship as the team likes to portray. That’s fine as long as they can work together well but if Oscar and lando find themselves racing each other more closely it could get interesting. Compare the pr videos of them to previous pairings and you can see how uncomfortable they are together (lando and Daniel, Oscar and Logan)

Yes. Oscar understands F1 and the driving tactics needed to podium from here on out.

ya know, not gonna lie. I have been a McLaren fan since i have started watching F1(i just like their cars) so that definitely made me a Norris fan so I have always been against Piastri coming in and stealing his thunder. This video has turned a leaf in my mind. Piastri does deserve it all, but I don't think that he is better. I think his timing for entering the team is perfect and now both Piastri and Norris are learning how to be in a race winning car. but love them both and cannot wait till the 2025 season!!

He’s already more mature than Lando by a long way. Year 2 comparison: Lando 1 podium (a 4th that became a 3rd in his second year after Lewis got a penalty that dropped him down) vs 4 podiums for Oscar and he still hasn’t finished his second year. Yes, the car is better, but the racecraft at the same stage of his experience is far superior. Imagine how good Piastri will be with the same number of races completed as Lando has now.

Piastry better pay attention to dive bombs coming in.

Norris cant deal with pressure, he looked like a complete rookie this weekend.

great content! loved it, go Oscar!!!!

piastri is fast and mature. crazy to think he's still in his sophomore year. mclaren better treat this guy better.

If your a Lando fan your most likely 15 years old or younger

absolutely agree, spot on👍👍

Piastri & Norris don't seem to be friends. There's nothing in their interactions or body language to suggest that they get on particularly well. I think Lando is at the point in his career where Max was in 2019-2020, where he's ready to win a championship and isn't particularly interested with all the distractions & etiquette surrounding F1 & its media. He's visibly annoyed when Piastri beats him in any session, and it's quite surprising that he can't even fake a bit of a smile when it happens (Even Max can put on a faux smile when he gets beaten). When Piastri catches up to Norris on race pace, I can see this relationship going a bit sour, and I'd be very surprised if both of them are at McLaren in 2027. I don't think there's any animosity between them, but their behaviour in McLaren's recent marketing videos makes it seem like they barely interact outside of when they absolutely have to

I see great things for Oscar in the future. He has talent and a great personality. As long as McLaren does not screw him over

Lando blames everyone else, Oscar looks within himself. I think your analysis is spot on Oscar is just calm, perhaps Lando needs a bit of Oscar and Oscar needs a bit of Lando.

And he's a VICTORIAN!

Back after Spa to say YES!

Piastri to outscore Lando by the end of the season.

Yeah I think you summed it up perfectly to be honest.

Of course he is more mature than Lando, he is from Australia!

Yes he is. And if you think Lando is crying now just wait 🍿