Lando Norris believes his recent show of consistency has been key in retaking the lead from team-mate Oscar Piastri in the Formula One Drivers' Championship. 

Norris moved a point clear of Piastri after last month's Mexico City Grand Prix, where he claimed his 10th career win while the Australian finished the race in fifth. 

The gap between the two drivers with four races and two sprints remaining this season stands at just a point, with Red Bull's Max Verstappen also in with an outside chance. 

Norris' latest victory saw him reclaim the championship lead 189 days after losing it to Piastri at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, but the Briton's recent form has also shown his intent of clinching a maiden world title. 

Indeed, Norris has finished ahead of Piastri over the last five races, and in the build-up to the Brazilian Grand Prix this weekend, he shared where his upturn in form has stemmed from. 

"Mentality has improved, approach has improved, preparation has improved," Norris said.

"But also consistency. It's not like I've won the last six or seven races, but I've been consistently out there and consistently scoring points.

"That's actually the thing that's given me the biggest boost over the last few weeks."

Lando joins the double-digit race wins club!

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Norris has gained 35 points on Piastri since the Dutch Grand Prix at the end of August, which Piastri won while Norris retired with a fuel-line failure.

That result made Piastri a strong title favourite, especially in the context of his consistency throughout the season up to that point.

Norris is still one victory short of Piastri's tally of six this season so far, but rejected the idea he had been taking more risks since that race in order to catch up. 

"Maybe in qualifying you think: 'Well, may as well just go for it'," Norris added. 

"But it's not like every approach, every lap I do is 'I've got nothing to lose here, let's try a bit more.' That's certainly not true. 

"I definitely wouldn't put it down to that. I would put it more down to just having worked hard and having a very good team around me.

"I'd put 99% of it down to that, 1% a mix of various different things. But most results come from work done rather than mentality or things."

But there is no denying both Norris and Piastri have been the standout drivers on the grid this season, leading McLaren to back-to-back constructors' titles. 

Both Norris (six) and Piastri (seven) have achieved at least six victories in F1 in 2025. The McLaren duo are the third pair to achieve six or more wins in the same year in the competition. 

Ayrton Senna (eight) and Alain Prost (seven) also did so with McLaren in 1988, along with Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg in 2015 (ten and six) and 2016 (ten and nine) during their time with Mercedes.

"I don't think in terms of races and achieving the actual dream of being a champion, I still at the minute don't feel any difference," Norris said of the pressure of leading the championship. 

"I think nothing's completed, nothing's done. There's still, what, over 120 points or something available, so it doesn't mean anything still for the time being.

"It's a nice thought, again, to look on and think about, but otherwise it's nice to be there, but to win next weekend and win the final race, that's still my goal."