Lando Norris receives major F1 pressure warning as title fight resumes

F1 fans believe Lando Norris is under the most pressure to succeed in the second half of the season, and not championship leader Oscar Piastri.

With half of the season's 24 races now in the books, Piastri leads team-mate Norris by the slender margin of eight points as the two battle to land a first drivers' world championship title, with the battle set to continue at Spa for this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix.

Neither has fought for an F1 title before, with Norris initially making a series of blunders early in the season, as Piastri won four of the first six races. However, Norris has won three of the last five to reduce Piastri's lead.

Both drivers featured among the options presented in a RacingNews365 poll to ask fans who they believed would be under the most pressure in the second batch of 12 races this season. 

In the poll, Norris was the winner, receiving 31.18% of the total votes cast, which is not an outright majority, but the most of the available options.

Piastri received just 8.24%, with the two split by three options - namely new Red Bull boss Laurent Mekies on 25.29%, Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton on 14.71% and Max Verstappen on 10.59%. 

Mekies is stepping up to replace the sacked Christian Horner at Red Bull this weekend, and must try to turn the team around following a stagnation in performance under Horner, whilst Hamilton is still searching for a maiden GP podium for Ferrari in an underwhelming first season in red.

Check out the full results below and make sure to check back for the next RN365 poll!