Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri are convinced that McLaren are capable of jumping not only Aston Martin, but Ferrari as well in the Constructors’ Championship.<\/p>\n
The British team is currently trailing the Scuderia by 79 points, but with McLaren’s improved form that gap is vastly going down.<\/p>\n
The Woking-based team endured a nightmare start to the 2023 campaign, failing to score a single point in the opening 2 races and being stuck at the bottom half for pretty much the entire first half.<\/p>\n
However, huge updates since Austria have rejuvenated the team’s performance, making them a front-runner and even challenging Max Verstappen’s Red Bull for the win last time around in Qatar.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s doable, I think so. A couple of races ago it was 70-something points to Aston.” Norris said.<\/p>\n
“I think we\u2019re doing a good job, not just in terms of pace, but we had a 1.8-second pit stop, which is pretty impressive from the guys. They\u2019ve been working extremely hard, so to reward the whole team consistently is only more motivating and a bigger boost every weekend.”<\/p>\n
Piastri pretty much backed Norris statement by saying:<\/p>\n
“I think 79 points in what, five races and a couple of Sprints? It\u2019s a big challenge, but yeah, we\u2019ll give it a go. I think obviously the gap to Aston now is very achievable, but yeah, hopefully we can do it.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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