Brundle names one key Piastri trait Norris still lacks despite title win

The 66-year-old F1 pundit, in his assessment, praised the improvement in Norris’ racecraft, which played a pivotal role in his title success. Brundle further identified Piastri’s overtaking ability as something Norris still lacks.

“His racecraft has always been good, and that was ramped up this year with more incisive overtakes and defending, and tyre management, such as his Pirelli-whispering victory in Budapest, much to Piastri’s chagrin,” he wrote in his Sky Sports F1 column.

“Norris still doesn’t have Piastri’s absolute, laser-guided, bold overtaking, and in many races Oscar took his turn to be the undisputed class of the field, with sensational victories in China, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Miami, Spain, Belgium, and, tellingly, his last of the season nine races ago in the Netherlands in August,” the former F1 driver added.

Prior to his dip in form, Piastri largely appeared a class ahead of the F1 grid, particularly through the first 15 races of the season. However, the Australian suffered a decline in performance, which saw him lose his grasp on a maiden drivers’ championship.

Former Haas F1 team boss, Guenther Steiner, has stated Piastri remains the one to blame for his failed title charge.

The 60-year-old said the McLaren driver needs to take an inward reflection of himself and question the reasons behind his torrid form during the second half of the season.

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