Norris vs Piastri: All 2024 McLaren Head-To-Head Stats

Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri are two youngsters driving for McLaren in the 2024 Formula One World Championships, certainly keeping an eye on their head-to-head.

While in many F1 teams there is a generational gap between their drivers, that's not the case for McLaren, which trusted two young drivers to carry their team.

Norris joined the team in 2019, and before Piastri joined him, the British driver drove alongside Carlos Sainz for two seasons and Daniel Ricciardo for two more seasons.

Piastri joined the team in 2023, which was the first season of the two drivers as teammates, and it was clear that they got along very well off-the track, and produced also some solid results on the track.

Norris was able to outscore his teammate (205 vs. 97) also recording more podiums (7 vs. 2), but it was the Australian who got the team's only win in 2023, even though only in Sprint.

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2024 Bahrain Grand Prix Summary - Norris vs Piastri:

The first race of the new season wasn't particularly successful for McLaren, but it also can't be said that it was a disaster. They qualified seventh and eighth, and while they couldn't really improve their positions a lot in the race, they showed that they are within a touching distance of the top teams.

In 2023, McLaren started far behind everyone, slowly catching up during the season, but that wasn't the case in 2024. During the race, they were seemingly in a close contact to podium positions in case of a safety car which could have wreaked havoc.

Since that didn't happen, Norris crossed the finish line sixth, improving by one position from the qualifying, while his Australian teammate, ended the race eighth, the same position that he achieved during the qualifying.

2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Summary - Norris vs Piastri:

In Jeddah, Piastri qualified in P5, one position ahead of his teammate Lando Norris in P6. The two both started the race from the third row on the grid.

Being ahead on lap 7 when the safety car was triggered, Piastri chose the safer strategy and went to the pits to change for hard tires on which he would finish the race.

Lando Norris chose to stay out, hoping there would be another safety car or a red flag later on, but that never came. Consequently, the 25-year-old lost much time due to this strategic call that backfired and finished in P8. Piastri drove a perfect race and brought home P4, which was probably the best possible result for his team.

2024 Australian Grand Prix Summary - Norris vs Piastri:

The 2024 Australian Grand Prix was a proper success for McLaren, but it also left a bittersweet memory for the team, and especially Piastri, who as always, remained professional.

Norris started ahead of his teammate, but because of the team's pit strategy, the Brit found himself behind his teammate at one point during the race.

The team instructed the Australian to let his teammate pass him, even though it was the race in his home country. Norris then crossed the finish line in P3, recording the team's first podium of the 2024 season, with Piastri right behind him in P4.

2024 Japanese Grand Prix Summary - Norris vs Piastri:

The McLaren duo proved to be the most balanced on the grid once again during the Japanese Grand Prix, as for the fourth consecutive time, they both managed to finish in points, being the only duo able to achieve that.

Still, Norris was clearly the stronger driver at the Suzuka Circuit, as he qualified third and finished fifth, while his Australian teammate qualified sixth and finished eighth after Fernando Alonso managed to keep him behind and George Russell overtook him late in the race.

2024 Chinese Grand Prix Summary - Norris vs Piastri:

The first Sprint weekend of the season was off to a great start for McLaren, or at least for Norris, who managed to grab the pole position in the Sprint Shootout, out-qualifying everyone by more than a second.

Piastri qualified eighth for the Sprint, but still, he would finish only one place and two seconds behind his teammate, as the Brit's Sprint race turned into a disaster already in Turn 1 when Lewis Hamilton showed his experience, while Norris lost his car outside of the race track, dropping positions, eventually finishing in P7.

Both drivers, however, showed great pace in the qualifying, securing a spot on the second and third row, with Norris in P4 and Piastri in P5.

The race proved to be the best race of the season for the British team, at least from the perspective of one driver, as Norris finished in P2, which was the team's best result in the first five races of the season.

On the other hand, the Australian was part of a collision, when he sustained a damage when Daniel Ricciardo hit him from the back, after his fellow Australian was hit by Lance Stroll. Still, he managed to finish in P8.

2024 Miami Grand Prix Summary - Norris vs Piastri:

The Miami Grand Prix was a special weekend for McLaren. The Papaya team brought in significant upgrades, and similar to the last year, they worked maybe even better than expected.

From the Sprint qualifying, it was clear McLaren had the best pace on the medium compound tires, although Piastri and Norris didn't have as good speed on the soft compound.

They started the sprint race from the bottom part of the top ten, and the British driver was eliminated after the first corner. He was hit from behind and had to retire. Piastri crossed finish line in P6.

However, the race was where McLarens really shined. Norris lost some ground on the opening lap, while Piastri got into P3 and held the 3-second gap between him and Max Verstappen.

A well-timed safety car then helped Norris get into the lead. He then beat Verstappen on pure race pace and brought home his first career victory.

Piastri got a bit unlucky during a collision with Carlos Sainz, who damaged his front wing. This meant the Australian had to go to the pits to change his wing, and then he finished in P13.

Miami Grand Prix Podium- Max Verstappen In P2 And Lando Norris On The Top Step

2024 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Summary - Norris vs Piastri:

Coming to the Imola Circuit, McLaren needed to prove that Miami wasn't just a coincidental one-off thing, and to the team's delight, they did.

The Papaya cars were arguably the two fastest cars in qualifying, but they were beaten by Verstappen, who took advantage of Nico Hulkenberg's slipstream.

Piastri beat his teammate in the qualifying session but lost three places before the race due to a penalty for impeding (Kevin Magnussen in the final run of Q1).

Imola is the second most challenging circuit when it comes to overtaking, so Piastri couldn't make much progress. Although, he seemed faster than anyone else on the medium compound tires.

His 25-year-old teammate found a lot of pace in the end and caught up with Verstappen in the final lap but didn't have enough time to get ahead, so he finished in P2, seven-tenths of a second behind the Dutchman.

2024 Monaco Grand Prix Summary - Norris vs Piastri:

Piastri seemed to be the faster of the McLaren pair in Monaco. He outqualified Norris, although debris stuck under the 25-year-old's floor (in Q1) hindered his qualifying session.

The Australian driver drove incredibly well, but it is almost impossible to overtake in Monaco, so in the end, he finished where he started—P2 (the Aussie's first podium of the season). Norris qualified in P4 and also finished where he started.

2024 Canadian Grand Prix Summary - Norris vs Piastri:

Norris outperformed Piastri in qualifying by eight-hundredths of a second and missed out on pole position by two-hundredths of a second.

Starting from P3, however, he was in a decent spot to compete for victory. Unfortunately, his team made the wrong call when the first safety car was deployed. He stayed out on track and lost two positions as a result.

Ultimately, he finished second. His teammate, Oscar Piastri, who started in P4, crossed the finish line in P5. The 25-year-old Briton was faster in Canada.

2024 Spanish Grand Prix Summary - Norris vs Piastri:

Norris qualified in P1 for the first time in the 2024 season during the Spanish Grand Prix weekend. However, he lost two positions on the opening lap before he even passed the first corner.

Despite being clearly the fastest by a small margin, he wasn't able to catch up with Verstappen, who was leading and finished in P2.

Piastri struggled in Barcelona, making mistakes on both of his final qualifying runs. Starting from P10, the Australian driver crossed the finish line in P7.

2024 Austrian Grand Prix Summary - Norris vs Piastri:

During the third sprint race weekend of the season, Lando Norris yet again had the upper hand over his teammate in qualifying for both sprint and the Grand Prix.

The British driver qualified in P2 (behind Verstappen) on both occasions, while Piastri qualified in P3 for the Sprint and P7 for the Grand Prix (his final lap time was deleted for track limits).

The Australian driver was closer to his teammate that weekend, and he proved it in the Sprint when he snatched the P2 away from Norris. Ultimately, both McLaren drivers stood on the podium at the end of the Sprint in P2 and P3.

In the Grand Prix, Norris had a chance to attack the triple World Champion (in the lead) for the race victory about ten laps before the end, but an unfortunate collision with Verstappen, which was deemed as not his fault, put him out of the race.

The 25-year-old had to retire his car but was classified in P20 as he completed more than 90% of the Grand Prix. Piastri had an awesome recovery race and finished in P2 to score his second podium of the season.

2024 British Grand Prix Summary - Norris vs Piastri:

The 2024 British Grand Prix was yet another race in which McLaren had a chance to fight for a race win, and for a moment, they fought for it, but it wouldn't be harsh to say that their own strategic calls took the race win away from them.

The qualifying at the Silverstone Circuit wasn't the best for the British team, as Norris qualified in P3 while Piastri was two places behind him in P5, with them being separated by Verstappen in Red Bull.

The start of the race also didn't look that good for the team, as two Mercedes cars seemed to be just too fast and too far ahead. However, once the conditions started changing and the rain started falling down, the two McLaren drivers found themselves in one-two on Lap 20.

Yet, the bad strategic calls followed, and both drivers were impacted by them. First, after Verstappen, who was 5th and 14 seconds behind the race leader Norris, decided to pit on Lap 26 for intermediate tires, he gained a lot on all of the drivers ahead of him, as the conditions were just too wet.

That's why everyone else had to pit on Lap 27, unless they wanted to lose out even more, however, Piastri stayed on the track, presumably because he was only about a second behind his teammate and McLaren didn't want to double-stack.

As a result, by the time he finished Lap 28, his teammate, who made a pit stop in the meantime, caught up with him, and Piastri's race was ruined, and he came out of the pits in P6 after previously being second.

Norris was still in it for the race win, leading by 2 seconds over Hamilton on Lap 39. But once again, when it came to change the tires, this time from intermediate to slick, Norris and his team waited for one extra lap, which cost him the position.

On top of that, the British driver had a chance to go onto fresh medium tires, a tire which his teammate used and was the fastest man on the track, but he instead chose soft compound, copying Hamilton's strategy.

In the meantime, Verstappen behind him was on hard tires, and those proved to be faster over the last 13 laps of the race, leaving Norris only with the last podium place, as he finished in P3, while Piastri finished the race not so far behind in P4, that's how big the difference between soft and medium tire was.

2024 Hungarian Grand Prix Summary - Norris vs Piastri:

The 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix weekend was McLaren's most successful weekend in a while. Norris and Piastri locked the front row—the British driver starting from P1 and the Australian driver from P2.

The younger of the two managed to get into the lead on the run into the first corner, and McLaren then complicated the situation a bit for themselves when they didn't bring Piastri first into the pit lane.

They allowed Norris to undercut the 23-year-old and then had to argue with the Briton for many laps before finally convincing him to swap back the positions.

Norris was faster than Piastri in the final stint, but swapping the positions back meant he finished in P2, while the Aussie took his maiden Grand Prix victory.

2024 Belgian Grand Prix Summary - Norris vs Piastri:

Lando Norris outqualified Oscar Piastri in Belgium by 0,046 seconds, which was a difference of one position on the starting grid. They qualified in P5 and P6 but moved up one position before the race due to Max Verstappen's 10-place grid penalty.

Norris messed up his run from the first corner. He went too wide and on gravel, losing a couple of positions. Ultimately, that was his biggest mistake, probably costing him the podium.

It turned out it was much harder to overtake in Belgium this year, so the 25-year-old got stuck behind Max Verstappen at one point and could not overtake the Dutchman for the rest of the race until he crossed the finish line in P6.

Piastri had a much better race. After starting from P5, he made it to P3, finishing within 1.173 seconds of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton.

Russell was disqualified after the race for his car being 1,5 kg under the minimum weight, so both McLaren drivers moved up one position—Piastri was P2 and Norris was P5 in the end.

2024 Dutch Grand Prix Summary - Norris vs Piastri:

McLaren surprised everyone with their pace during the first race after the summer break in the Netherlands. However, in the end, only Norris was able to extract so much performance from the car.

In qualifying, the 25-year-old put his car in pole position by 0,356 ahead of Verstappen in the second place. Oscar Piastri was 0,499 seconds slower, but it was enough for P3.

Although Norris lost one place to the triple World Champion at the start, he was able to reclaim the lead of the race quite quickly and then astonishingly gapped everyone by 22 seconds, winning the Dutch Grand Prix.

Piatri showed signs of pace at various points of the Grand Prix, but Charles Leclerc on Ferrari undercut him on the pit stop, and the Aussie couldn't overtake the Ferrari driver to get back his position and perhaps even chase after Verstappen in second place. Ultimately, Piatri finished in P4.

2024 Italian Grand Prix Summary - Norris vs Piastri:

In Monza, Norris secured another pole position, 0.109 seconds ahead of his teammate Oscar Piastri in P2. Starting from the front row seemed like the best opportunity for McLaren to repeat their success from 2021 and score another one-two.

On the first lap, Piastri made an incredible move around the outside in turn four (della Roggia chicane) on Lando Norris and gained a position.

However, he put his teammate (and championship contender) into an unfortunate position by slowing him down (because Norris had to avoid a collision), and the 25-year-old was also overtaken by Charles Leclerc.

From that point on, Oscar Piastri led the race, but McLaren decided to pursue a two-stop strategy, which proved to be the wrong choice in the end. Leclerc didn't go for the second stop, and neither Piastri nor Norrs could catch up with him.

Ultimately, Leclerc won the home race for Ferrari, and the McLaren drivers were left with second and third place. Norris "only" gained eight points on Max Verstappen in the Drivers' Championship.

2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Summary - Norris vs Piastri:

Norris was quite unlucky during the qualifying session. On his final flying lap in Q1, he caught a yellow flag, knocking him out of qualifying in P17. Piastri qualified second, right behind Charles Leclerc.

The 25-year-old driver had a lot of ground to make up for in the race, and somehow, he managed to catch up with and even overtake Max Verstappen, who started from P6.

Ultimately, Norris finished in P4, also thanks to a collision between Carlos Sainz and Sergio Perez, which gained him two positions.

Oscar Piastri had an amazing race. Although he might not have had faster car than Leclerc, he managed to get close enough at the start of the second stint and with and incredible overtake into turn one, he took the lead of the race.

It should also be noted that Norris helped Piastri in this race when he held up Sergio Perez for him. Once Piastri got into the lead, he had to defend from multiple attacks from Leclerc, but he managed to hold on to his position to win the second race of his F1 career.

Oscar Piastri celebrating after winning the 2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix

2024 Singapore Grand Prix Summary - Norris vs Piastri:

Lando Norris outqualified Piastri by 0,428 seconds. His time of 1:29.525 was good enough for pole position while his teammate made a mistake in the final sector on his run and consequently had to start the Grand Prix from P5.

The Australian driver had a tough race as it was almost impossible to overtake at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Singapore. Ultimately, he managed to climb into P3, finishing 41.823 behind Norris who won the Grand Prix, leading every single lap after starting from pole.

2024 United States Grand Prix Summary - Norris vs Piastri:

Oscar Piastri made a mistake as he ran outside of track limits in the penultimate corner of his final run in SQ1 and was knocked out of sprint qualifying in P16.

Starting from so far behind, the Australian barely made it into the top ten, but that wasn't enough to score points in the sprint race. Norris, who qualified in P4, finished the sprint race in P3.

The qualifying for the Grand Prix was better for Piastri, but he still couldn't match his British teammate, his best effort (P5) being 0,620 seconds slower than the pole position lap set by Norris.

The Aussie made no progress but also hasn't lost any positions throughout the race to cross the finish line where he started.

Lando Norris lost three positions after the first corner, where he got run wide by Red Bull's Max Verstappen on the inside.

The McLaren driver caught up with Verstappen later on in the race. They had a long battle fighting for a P3, but it ended quite controversially with Verstappen pushing Norris wide of the track, the 25-year-old gaining an advantage as he took the position and later receiving a 5-second penalty, which put him back into P4 after crossing the finish line.

Max Verstappen and Lando Norris battling in the turn number 1 after the start of the 2024 United States Grand Prix.

2024 Mexico City Grand Prix Summary - Norris vs Piastri:

Oscar Piastri didn't make it out of Q1 in Qualifying in Mexico City as he got his first lap time deleted for track limits and couldn't improve on the second one - P17.

Lando Norris qualified in P3 - behind Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen, with whom he had another controversial battle later in the Grand Prix.

This time, Verstappen received a 20-second penalty. Although he ultimately got past the Dutchman, the McLaren driver didn't have enough time to catch up with Carlos Sainz in P1, and he finished second. Piastri finished in P8, 58.937 seconds behind his teammate.

2024 Sao Paulo Grand Prix Summary - Norris vs Piastri:

McLaren drivers locked out the front row for the sprint race, with Piastri in P1 and Norris in P2. They retained the same order until the end of the sprint race before the Australian gave away the victory to his teammate.

At this point in the season, Norris was still fighting for the Drivers' title. The 23-year-old listened to team orders and helped his teammate by giving him the victory and one extra point compared to what he would get for P2. Final sprint finishing order: Norris in P1 and Piastri in P2.

The Qualifying for the Grand Prix and the Grand Prix in Brazil were much messier due to tricky wet weather conditions. Norris was the one who dealt the best with them in Qualifying and secured the pole position. Piastri qualified in P8.

While he excelled in the qualifying, the race didn't go well for the British driver. First, he lost position at the start, then he got unlucky with a red flag and lost multiple positions, and then he made two more mistakes, which meant he ultimately finished the race in P6.

Piastri, who finished in P8, helped his teammate twice during the race, but that didn't really matter in the end as Norris's main rival, Max Verstappen, finished first after starting from P17 and pretty much decided the Championship with a huge point swing.

2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix Summary - Norris vs Piastri:

Although upgraded McLaren cars seemed to work on every track previously, Las Vegas Strip Circuit didn't suit them for some reason, and it reflected in the results of the two Papaya drivers.

Norris in P6 outqualified Piastri in P8 by 0.025 seconds. The race didn't go much better for the two youngsters, the 25-year-old finishing where he started and the Aussie moving up only one position (finishing 7.980 seconds behind his teammate).

2024 Qatar Grand Prix Summary - Norris vs Piastri:

Lando Norris snatched the pole position in the qualifying for the sprint race in Qatar, being faster by 0.159 seconds from Oscar Piastri in P3.

The Australian driver gained one position after the start of the sprint and played a team game with Norris for the remainder of the race.

It looked like Norris would cross the finish line in P1 and Piastri in P2, but unexpectedly, the British driver pulled to the side on the final lap of the race and let his teammate through to take the win.

Explaining his actions after the sprint race, Norris stated he wanted to return the favor to Piastri as the 23-year-old gave up a victory for him in Sao Paulo.

The pair were closely matched when it came to qualifying for the Grand Prix, separated by only 0.057 seconds. However, Norris and Piastri were only fast enough for P3 and P4.

The Papaya cars had a real pace, and Norris could have been fighting for a race victory on Sunday, but he didn't see double-waved yellow flags and received a 10-second stop-and-go penalty.

He ultimately finished in P10. Norris's Australian teammate finished the race in P3, closely following Charles Leclerc in P2, but not being able to perform the overtake at the Lusail International Circuit.

Oscar Piastri, Zak Brown, and Lando Norris after Mclaren one-two in the 2024 Qatar sprint race

2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Summary - Norris vs Piastri:

Norris and Piastri locked out the front row at Yas Marina Street Circuit. The British driver was 0.209 seconds faster in P1 with the Australian starting in P2.

The 23-year-old collided with Max Verstappen, who sent a dive down the inside on him into the first corner and spun out, falling to the last place on the opening lap of the Grand Prix.

Piastri then made a big mistake when he crashed into the rear of Franco Colapinto's Williams and received a ten-second penalty for this incident.

After a challenging and long grand prix, the Australian managed to fight back into P10. Norris, in the meantime, had to finish first in order to secure the Championship title for McLaren, which he did.

The Briton hasn't lost his lead since the start of the race and withstood the pressure from Carlos Sainz in P2, who closely followed him throughout the whole race.

McLaren Racing team photo after securing the 2024 Constructors' title in Abu Dhabi