Johnny Herbert believes that both Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri have the ‘mental edge’ over Lando Norris in the F1 title fight.

“It is not just Max Verstappen who has a mental edge over Lando Norris, it's Oscar Piastri as well,” Herbert told Fruity King. “Both of them are trying to play a very similar game, which is to tell Lando,’ We are better than you. You're not worthy to be able to beat us.’ The only way he can overcome that is by consistently producing those fast lap times and those fast race performances as he did last year.

“But it's those little mistakes that have been coming into play that little bit more and it's trying to iron that out. Is that pressure? Possibly. But if it is pressure, that's just where you've got to be able to, like Max does and like Oscar seems to be able to do at the moment, is when it hits his shoulder it just ricochets off.

“He’s going to get that battering from Max, who loves to play his little games, but also he’s going to be getting that on the other side of the garage from Oscar. So, he’s actually getting it in stereo, but it's about blanking it off. That's what the greats always do. Even when you see the guys in that cooldown room at the end, Oscar is so confident in that room. Sometimes it's very, very subtle, but he’s sending a message, ‘I’m better than you.’”