Oscar Piastri leaks big Lando Norris 'secret'

Oscar Piastri has poked some fun at his 'now rather old' McLaren team-mate Lando Norris, jokingly outing a 'secret'.

Norris celebrated his 27th birthday on Friday, and McLaren's media team released a clip of the Australian writing a birthday card for the 2025 F1 drivers' champion.

The deadpan Piastri had some fun with his message, pointing out that Norris can no longer even claim to be in his 'mid-20s', before facetiously outing the Brit (18 months his senior) for dyeing his hair.

Piastri has had a disappointing season on the track this year, sat seventh in the championship standings without a race win, but he's clearly not so down in the dumps that he can't have a little fun with his team-mate.

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Piastri to Norris: Your secret's safe with me

"27...wow," he said to start the video. "That's like, you can't even classify that as mid-20s anymore, that's late 20s. I'll send a little message to my now rather old team-mate..."

Reading from the card, he said: "Dear Lando, happy birthday. Enjoy your late-20s era. Here's to another year full of experiences, joy, happiness, surprises and good luck (and marketing), have a wonderful day. P.S. I saw the black hair dye the other day, your secret's safe with me."

Despite the relatively narrow age gap between the pair, Norris is currently finishing his eighth season on the F1 grid while Piastri is rounding out just his fourth - with both spending their entire top-flight careers as McLaren drivers.

Norris' 2026 is going somewhat better than his younger team-mate's, dominating last time out in Brazil to notch his third win of the season, albeit a season which has seen him dethroned as champion.

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