McLaren drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris have suggested that their car's pace is looking good for this weekend's Formula

Ahead of this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix, championship leader Oscar Piastri insists McLaren still has a “very strong car”.

Oscar Piastri is doing what he needs to do to win a first Formula 1 title, the sport's most successful driver of all time Lewis Hamilton said on Thursday.

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Critically for Norris, though, both Piastri and Verstappen head into the Monaco Grand Prix in fine form. The 25-year-old has scored just one race victory this season, and none since round one in Australia. Poor qualifying performances have left the Brit with too much to do on Sundays, and this has damaged his standing in the paddock.

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella disagrees with the notion that his team performed worse than expected in Imola, calling the comparison with a dominant Miami weekend like "apples and pears".

McLaren have both their drivers, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, gunning for the Formula 1 drivers' title while Max Verstappen is the only Red Bull driver in that fight

Oscar Piastri has won four of six races with McLaren this season and is on a three-win streak ahead of Sunday's Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix.

In getting faster, the F1 championship leader has opened up a virtuous circle of improvement that enables him to go even quicker – and he has the right support network, too

As Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris vy for a first World title, Lewis Hamilton says the pressure they're both facing is "unimaginable".