Red Bull's Max Verstappen, the four-time world champion, has won twice but is third and 25 points behind Piastri. "It's a great feeling to be in the lead of the championship and to have more points than everyone, but it's not something I look at," Norris told reporters at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Thursday.

In the first two races of the Imola-Monaco-Spain triple-header, Lando Norris has managed to cut the deficit to teammate Oscar Piastri in the Championship.