A new F1 c🐠hampionship favourite has been picked out by Martin Brundle.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri shot to the summit of the F1 drivers’ 🥂standings for the first time in his carꦬeer last week.

The McLaren driver has won back-to-back grands prix in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, and also won earlier in the♓ season in China.

Piastri came out on top of an early skirmish with Max Verstappen, who was penalised, at the Saudi Arabian Grand P🔥rix.

Piastri has overhauled teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris who led the championship entering Saudi Arabia.

Sky Sports’ Brundle has pointed at Piastri as the man to beat for the ꦑrest of the season.

“It was a big moment for him,” B♑꧟rundle said about Piastri’s battle with Verstappen in Saudi Arabia.

“Other than an unlucky bounce in the gravel trap in Melbourne, he could have been leadingﷺ the championship by 25 or 30 points.

“There are lots of ‘ifs’ there - if Lando didn’t go off in q𝓀ualifying [in Saudi Arabia], and🉐 so forth…

“[Piastri] has won 10 percent of his granᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚds prix now! That’s extraordinary.

“He has won the same number of granꦿds prix as Land🙈o.

“The writing is on the wall. He is the favourite for theꦰ championship.”

Lando Norris buoyed by Miami return

F1 returns next weekend with the Miami Grand Prix, the💯 scene of Norris’ first vic🅘tory.

He will be eager to put memories of Saudi Ar🉐abia behind him, after crashing in qualifying leaving himself 10th on the starting grid.

But returnꦕing to Miami could provide Norris with much-needed optimism.

“Great memorie🅺s fཧor the team to build on,” Bernie Collins said.

“A lot of drivers will be look♈ing to make amends for [Saudi Arabia]. Lando is one, Max is another.

“They will be looking to recou𝓀p the points that t🌌hey felt hard done by [for losing in Saudi Arabia].

“It w🎃ill be a great battle, everyone will go in to secure more on the board.”

Brundle said: “It’s anot🔜her relentlessly fast track.

“Lando will look forward to it, because he won last year and it starꦍted his charge in the chaℱmpionship.”

Piastri is 10 points 🐼clear of second-place Norris in the drivers’ championship after five F1 2025 rounds.

Verstappen is third, 12 behind Piastri, although he proved his Red Bull could at least compete with the feted McLarens last time out in S🃏audi Arabia.