Norris picks the moments from 2025 he wishes he could change ahead of season resumption
Lando Norris trails McLaren team mate Oscar Piastri by a small margin as the Formula 1 season resumes in the Netherlands this weekend – with the Briton left to reflect on what he could have done differently in the first half of 2025.

Lando Norris has insisted he has ‘no regrets’ from the 2025 Formula 1 season so far, but conceded there are moments he wishes he could do again.
Norris trails McLaren team mate Oscar Piastri by nine points as F1 returns from its summer slumber and heads to Zandvoort for the Dutch Grand Prix. In a battle of such fine margins, the smallest error could ultimately be championship-deciding.
Reflecting on mistakes made in the early phase of the season, Norris said: “I think the main one was China in Sprint Qualifying. I think my lap was good enough for pole until the final hairpin, where I locked up. If I had that thought just before the braking, ‘It’s a long season, don’t try and be a hero’, then I wouldn’t have finished where I did. I lost eight points there.
“If I go back to Canada [and the crash with Piastri], if I could re-run that and just be a little bit smarter and not take so much risk, could I have not lost quite a few points there? Yes.
“I wouldn’t say I regret those moments. Do I wish it changed, and do I wish it was better? Do I wish I could maybe do it again? Yeah. But at the same time, I don’t regret making those decisions at the time because I think that’s me, that’s life, and that’s the way it goes.
“Sometimes it goes your way and you get lucky, sometimes it goes the other way and you don’t make the best decisions. But those are also the times that you quite often learn the most and help yourself more for the future.”

While Norris may take pride in his ‘live and learn’ attitude to racing, he is acutely aware that further mistakes must be kept to a minimum if he is to continue to challenge for the title.
In this regard, risk management is becoming an increasing factor for both McLaren drivers, with those outside of the championship picture able to be bolder in their manoeuvres when racing the papaya cars.
“As much as we want to win races and get into second or third at times, and probably at some little points could have taken more risks, both for a little while now, we’ve probably understood that risk element more,” added Norris.
“I think we know when we need to take it, like in Qualifying and things, and we also know during a race that maybe for one more point, you might not risk anything, but for the win, you would risk more. Depending on who you are racing is also quite an important factor of it all.

“That’s part of being a racing driver. You’ve got to understand who you can take risks with, who you can’t, when to take those risks and when not to. That’s a general thing, but it’s also something that I think you have to understand a little bit more when you start fighting for a championship.
“If I could go back and change what I did in China, not take that risk, I’d probably do it. So I wasn’t quite on top of everything and as thoughtful as what I probably needed to be at round two of the championship season, but I’ve learned from that and I make better decisions now.”
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