"There is tension, I suppose, in the sense that the two numbers next to each driver's name in the standings are quite close to each other, and if you can do rudimentary math, you can calculate the difference between those two numbers as itexpands or contracts. But with the exception of one or, generously, two races, recaps about the championship fight can ignore the action on track entirely and simply report the updated point totals at the end of each weekend."
"Unfortunately, Norris had a shockingly slow, nearly six-second pit stop due to team error. He left the pits nearly two seconds behind Piastri. McLaren, invoking their own disastrous pit stop strategy call last year in Hungary, instructed Piastri to swap places with Norris, and then race. Piastri logged his complaints-"a slow pit stop is part of racing"-but obeyed without pushing the matter."
The 2025 Formula 1 season presents a tight championship on points alongside a lack of on-track excitement. Most race weekends produce routine outcomes that primarily change point totals rather than deliver meaningful racing drama. The Italian Grand Prix followed this pattern until the final laps, when team decisions and a nearly six-second pit stop error by Lando Norris briefly altered the narrative. McLaren pitted Oscar Piastri first, then Norris, and later ordered a position swap after the slow stop left Norris behind. Piastri protested but complied, noting that a slow pit stop is part of racing.
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