Piastri & Norris Worry: Verstappen's F1 Exit

0:00It's April 22nd. This is Sydney News Today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story. Oscar Piaestry and Lando Norris are sounding the alarm on Formula One, losing Max for Stappen. The McLaren team may say would be a massive blow if the four-time champ walks away feeling fed up with the sport. Piaestry called him the ultimate benchmark for every driver out there. For Stappen has been vocal about hating the big 2026 overhaul, even comparing races to Mario Kart these days. At 28, he's dominated the last decade, especially the past five or six years, and his peers respect that grind. Both drivers made it clear they admire the Red Bull star and love battling him on track. Norris pointed out, Max's earned the freedom to call his shots after those titles, but it'd sting for everyone if he bounced, since he's one of them. All-time greats. With Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, Grans pre-scrapped over Middle East tensions, F1 paused to tweak rules ahead of Miami on May 3rd.

1:00Changes let drivers go full throttle longer and qualifying and cap those boost buttons to cut risky closing speeds. Piaestry sees it as progress, though he needs the fine print decoded by the experts. Well, no soon if it fixes the headaches when the cars hit the Miami asphalt, fingers crossed it, keeps the top talent locked in.