Former Australian r💝acing star Alꦫan Jones has criticised Lando Norris as “mentally weak”, saying he is “coming out with nonsense” to justify his poor start to the 2025 Formula 1 season.

Norris was initially considered the favourite for this year’s driversᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ’ championship, with a victory in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix giving him an early advantage over the🌠 competition.

However, the pendulum at McLaren has quickly shifted in the last few races, with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Oscar Piastri’s third victory of 2025 in Saudi Arabia giving him a 10-point lead in the standi𝓡ngs.

Norris’s 2025 campaign has been hamstrung by a series of errors in qualifyi﷽ng and races, with even the Briton admitting to his frustration publicly in public.

After a tough showing in Bahrain, Norris commented “I fee🍸l like I've never driven an F1 car”, while he cut a similarly dejected figure in Jeddah last month.

Jones, who remains the last Australian driver to win an F1 title, feels Norris’ recent comments show he la🌄cks th𓂃e mental strength to succeed in grand prix racing.

This, he believe𝓰s, puts Piastri in a prime position in the championship fight.

“The 🉐first person you’ve got to beat is your teammate,” Jones told Fox Sports Australia.

“He [Piastri] can do it [win the F1 title] this year, no question. At the end of the day, his teammate is w🍸ea✱k.

“His teammate is quite quick, there’s no doubt about that. But mentally, I thin꧋k he’s quite a weak person. He’s coming out with all this nonsense that he’s got a bit of a mental thing, he’s dwelling on some of the problems he’s had rather than the positives.

“When they start talking all that nonsense, 𓆉you know you’ve gꦅot them.”

Piastri is currently in his third season in F1 but 🍸with five grand prix wins he has already eq﷽ualled the tally of his more experienced teammate Norris, who made his debut in 2019.

Ex-Williams ace Jones sang praises for his countryman Pia𝓡stri, saying he can capitalise on Norris’ weaknesses and emerge as the top dog in the 2025 season.

“Oscar is a pretty strong-minded young kid. I love𒊎 him,” the 78-year-old said.

“He doesn’t show off, he doesn’t dance all over the place. He’s just a strong individual and that’s exact🐷ly what we need to get the job done.

“He’s got an o꧅ld head on young shoulders. He’s very, very mature. He’s very laid back. He’s not easily ruffled, whereas I think his teammate is a little bit the opposite way.

“I think the teammate could be blown out quite easily and I think Oscar wiꦜll take advantage of that. He’s got the brains and the st🦩rength to do that. He’s very laid back, he doesn't say much and he gets on with it, which I love.

“Out of the car, he’s quiet, but when he gets in the car he grows horns and t🦄hat’s what you want.”

He added: “He is without a doubt a future world champion. He’s come out of almost ♌nowhere and he’s got all the attributes that you need to be a world champion.”