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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Giles Richards in Spielberg

Norris urges Silverstone fans not to cast Piastri as villain at British GP

Lando Norris (right) and his McLaren teammate, Oscar Piastri
Lando Norris (right) and his McLaren teammate, Oscar Piastri, are in a battle for the F1 driver’s title. Photograph: Antonin Vincent/DPPI/Shutterstock

Lando Norris has urged fans at Silverstone not to cast his McLaren teammate and world championship rival, Oscar Piastri, as a villain at Sunday’s British Grand Prix. Norris won the Austrian GP in Spielberg after a tense, lights-to-flag fight with Piastri, the pair in almost constant competition over 70 laps. Norris held his nerve with great control and closed to within 15 points of the Australian in the title fight

With McLaren so dominant, the drivers’ championship looks to be a two-horse race between the teammates and the team principal, Andrea Stella, said the British driver was in a strong position to back-up his victory in Austria with a first home GP win.

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