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F1 LIVE: Insane stress levels on Piastri amid "horrible situation"
SEN • November 22nd, 2025 4:31 pm
The rain is heading to Nevada for qualifying in the Las Vegas F1 Grand Prix weekend and it's set to wreak havoc.
Oscar Piastri and McLaren teammate Lando Norris both endured tricky third practice sessions and will be under "an unbelievable amount of stress" according to former champion Jenson Button.
Both cars appeared to experience issues in the final practice session of the weekend with Piastri having a telemetry problem.
Follow live below as qualifying gets underway in Vegas.
"McLaren cannot take risks"
Norris and Piastri are first and second in the title race standings with just three races and a sprint remaining on the calendar. But Vegas has not been a happy hunting ground for the papaya team, so with rain expected and others chasing them, they cannot afford to take risks.
“It is horrible for both of them, it really is,” Button said on Sky Sports F1.
“Whether you’re the hunter, or the one being hunted, you know how important every single point is, and every single position in qualifying is. There’s an unbelievable amount of stress.
“So it’s how you deal with that stress, how comfortable you feel with the car out there on a circuit on which you can’t generate any temperature, so it’s tricky.
"The inters are too soft, you can see them sliding around with it, and obviously the dry tyres are too dry for the wet conditions.
“Everyone’s going to be up for taking a risk — apart from the McLaren drivers.
“It could either go their way or be the complete opposite. It’s never going to be in the middle for them."
