Formula 1: Nico Rosberg's stark Lando Norris warning for Oscar Piastri

Oscar Piastri risks falling out of Formula 1 if he cannot compete with Lando Norris at McLaren, claims 2016 world champion Nico Rosberg.

Piastri is going to have quite the spotlight on him next year as he joins McLaren after leaving Alpine’s driver programme, with the Woking-based team going to some effort to bring him in alongside Norris, to replace Daniel Ricciardo.

A driver that has shown his talent in the lower Formula categories, though, there is no reason why Piastri cannot shine next season and compete with his new team-mate, though Norris is obviously in great form at the moment.

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Indeed, the Briton is rightly seen as one of the brightest drivers on the grid with him taking charge at McLaren in recent years whilst Ricciardo has unfortunately struggled, and he presents one of the biggest challenges for a driver arriving and trying to beat their team-mate.

Piastri will feel as though he has it in him to meet that challenge and also combine with Norris to drive McLaren up the grid, though Rosberg believes it’s a high-risk move from the young Aussie.

“It’s a brave move by Oscar, it really is,” Rosberg said to Sky Sports.

“It is either he beats Lando or he’s out basically of the sport, so it’s really, really tough, but he believes in himself. And if you think you’re that good, you’ve got to go for it.”

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Piastri has to believe in himself and his talents now he has this chance, and he clearly fancied the move to McLaren and the challenge of taking on Norris when it was first presented to him, so he will likely be relishing the opportunity rather than worrying about the downside.

Even if Piastri does end up losing out