Locking Oscar Piastri into a long-term contract, Karun Chandhok says McLaren “played a blinder” when they signed Formula 1’s newest winner through to the end of the 2026 season.
With the Formula 1 driver market facing a major shake-up at the end of the 2024 season when seats at Red Bull and Ferrari become available, Chandhok says the Woking team has “played a blinder” in securing both Piastri and Norris for the foreseeable future. “They got driving stability and actually, now they’re in quite a good position of strength negotiating because Lando’s now locked in for the next two years, Oscar’s beyond it.Although Piastri was the one to clinch McLaren’s first P1 since 2021, it’s Lando Norris who Ralf Schumacher reckons is the most likely of the team-mates to take a grand prix victory.