A new F1 championship fav👍ourite has been picked out by Martin Brundle.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Oscar Piastri shot to the summit of the F1 drivers’ standings for 𝐆the first time in his career last week.

The McLaren driver has won back-to-back gran꧃ds 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 pena🐼♓lised, at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

Piastri has overhauled teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris who led the championship entering Saudi Arabia.

Sky Sports’ Brundle has pointed at Piastri as the man to b൩eat for the rest of the season.

“It wa🌜s a big moment for hꦅim,” Brundle 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 leading🧜 the championship by 25 or 30 points.

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

“[Piastri] has won 🐠10 percent of his ꦉgrands prix now! That’s extraordinary.

“He has won the same number of grands✨ prix💯 as Lando.

“The writing is on the wall. He is the fav🦋ourite for the championship.”

Lando Norris buoyed by Miami return

F1 returns next weekend with the Miami Grand Prix, ꦏthe scene of Norris’ first victory.

He will be eager to pu🏅t memories of Saudi Arabia behind him, after crashing in qualifying leaving himselܫf 10th on the starting grid.

But returning༒ t꧃o Miami could provide Norris with much-needed optimism.

“Great memories for the t♊eam to build on,” Bernie Collins said.

“A lot of drivers will be looking to make amends for [Saudi Arabia]. Lando is one, Max is anotheꦜr.

“They w🌳ill be looking to recoup the points that they felt hard done by [for losing in Saudi Arabia].

“It will be a great battle💦, everyone𝓡 will go in to secure more on the board.”

Brun🔯dle said: “It’s another relentlessly fast track.

“Lando w𝓡ill look forward to it, because he won last year and it started his charge in the championship♎.”

Piastri is 1💦0 points clear of second-place Norris in the drivers’ championship after five F1 2025 r👍ounds.

Verstappen is t🎐hird, 12 behind Piastri, although he proved his Red Bull could at💃 least compete with the feted McLarens last time out in Saudi Arabia.