The McLaren duo have predicted the 2025 title race will come down to “small margins” as Formula 1 prepares to return from the summer break.

Despite pre-season predictions that this could be an open title fight, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri have emerged as the leading candidates with just nine points separating them heading into the second half of the campaign.

McLaren drivers duo debate title chances as F1 returns

With 88 points separating them from the rest of the field, the Drivers’ champion this season will almost certainly come from McLaren but as to which driver that is remains a matter of debate.

Piastri has the edge as it stands, having won a hat-trick of consecutive races earlier in the year but both are of the opinion that it could go either way.

Norris, who has

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