Oscar Piastri reveals unexpected upside of being out of F1 title fight
Oscar Piastri says he misses the pressure of fighting for the Formula 1 world championship. The McLaren driver led the standings for much of last year and was in a season-long battle against his team-mate Lando Norris for the title. A late-season challenge from Red Bull's Max Verstappen saw Piastri finish third in the standings, while Norris secured the title and Verstappen finished ... Keep…
Oscar Piastri, the McLaren driver, has expressed his mixed feelings about not being in the Formula 1 title fight this year. Last year, he was in a season-long battle for the championship title with his teammate Lando Norris, but this year he currently sits seventh in the standings, 94 points behind Norris with only three races left.
While Piastri admits to missing the pressure and intensity of fighting for the title, he also acknowledges that it's a bit more relaxed this year. He believes that the stress of a championship fight adds a certain level of excitement and motivation, but there are also some advantages to not being in a title fight. McLaren has struggled to match the pace it showed in the previous two seasons under the new F1 regulations, and Piastri attributes this mainly to the power unit and the car's reduced downforce.
Despite the challenges, he and his team are making progress in understanding and addressing the car's issues.
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