Lando Norris has “got into his own head” and is “stepping backwards” in F1 title race
“I don’t think Oscar Piastri has got into Lando Norris’s head, I think Lando got int🉐o his own head.”

F1 legend Jacques Villeneuve believes 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris still has the edge over 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri in p🅺ace - ꦏbut the British driver has “got into his own head”.
ဣNorris has endured an error-strewn start to the 2025 ဣF1 season.
Norris hasn’t won since the season-open🌃ing Australian Grand ෴Prix.
Teammate Piastri has ꦡwon four of the subsequent five races following Melbourne to ta♊ke the lead of the F1 drivers’ championship.
Heading into this ♒weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, Pias𒐪tri is 16 points ahead of his teammate.
Assessing the F1 title ꦰbattle, Villeneuve feels that while Norris is still quicker, Piastr🎃i is more composed and has made a “small step” relative to last year.
“I don’t think Oscar Pias🐽tri has got into Lando Norris’s head, I think Lando got into his own head,” Villeneuve told .
“Lando ca𒈔me in as an underdog last year who was not supposed to win and not supposed to fight for the championship. That was easy. There was no pressure. Then it just builds up. This year he spent the whole winter thinking, ‘OK, this will be my big shot. It’s next year or never.’
“Lando started the season with a different kind of weight on his shoulders and he hasn’t coped well with that🧔 because he’s still supe🅺r quick, but there’s the odd moment that is so costly in the championship.
“He’s generally quicke𒉰r than Piastri, but the points are not there. There are just too many small mistakes and with the field so close, it means you lose more than one position, you lose maybe five spots. That’s a lot of points.
“Lando always seems🃏 to be on the back foot. Piastri looks and feels like he belongs there. He💙 is there to fight.
“I don’t think has changed that much. I think it’s more that it has collapsed around him and he’s just stayed focused and cold. Maybe he has taken a small step. But that small step is getting bigger with the other one. Lando Norris is stepping backwards. It isꦗ making a big difference.”
Is Imola a must-win for Norris?
With Piastri winning four 🍒of the last five races, Norris will be desperate to stop his teammate’s momentum.
Imola has been a happy hunting ground for Norris over the yea♏rs.
He finished oꦰn the podium in 2021 with a fi𝕴ne drive to third.
It was a similar story in 2022, fi🔜nishing third - the only driver outside the top three teams to finish on the rostrum.
He pusꦇhed Max Verstappen hard for the win in 2024, but the Dutchman ultimately came out on top.

With a sharp eye for F1’s controversies and storylines, Connor is the hea🐻rtbeat of our unbiased rꦑeporting.