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“He's had a half year where he's looked like a champion, and he's had three years where he looks like he does now.”

Jolyon Palmer, at 1:29 of “LATEST F1 NEWS | Franco Colapinto, Oscar Piastri, Red Bull locks-in line-up, Liam Lawson, and more.” on The Inside Line’s channel.

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  1. 1:09 Piastri has struggled relative to teammate F1's reigning world champion Lando Norris this season, with the points gap alone 66 after round 15 in Azerbaijan.
  2. 1:20 But Palmer told official podcast F1 Nation that it could just be the true difference between the McLaren drivers.
  3. 1:29 He's had a half year where he's looked like a champion, and he's had three years where he looks like he does now.
  4. 1:34 So, what's the real Oscar? Is it what we saw for the first half of last year, or is it what we've seen for the other, what is it, six half years, five half years?
  5. 1:47 Red Bull Racing locked down its 2027 driver line-up ahead of Azerbaijan, with a freshly recovered Isaac Hadjar retained for a second season to be alongside its razor-sharp top gun Max Verstappen.

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