Oscar Piastri has admitted that he has been pressured to alter his driving fashion after his current poor efficiency on the Mexico Metropolis Grand Prix.
Piastri continued to have a poor efficiency on the Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez and certified in eighth place.
The Australian was greater than 0.6 seconds away from McLaren teammate Lando Norris, who moved into pole place.
Piastri had a poor begin to the race, falling again to ninth on the opening lap.
He obtained forward of Kimi Antonelli throughout the pit cease stage and was finally in a position to get well to fifth place.
He then made an aggressive transfer in opposition to George Russell in Flip 1.
It wasn’t sufficient to keep up the lead within the championship, and with 4 rounds remaining, Piastri was now only one level behind Norris.
Reflecting on a tough weekend in Mexico, Piastri admitted he wanted to make changes to the best way he drove his McLaren.
“There was positively a variety of combating there. It is exhausting to know. Through the race I felt like I used to be proper behind somebody,” Piastri mentioned.
“It was fairly robust as a result of we had been battling soiled air. I believe the largest factor for me is making an attempt to be taught what I need to be taught at present. After yesterday’s session, it grew to become clear that there are some issues that I would like to alter fairly considerably in the best way I drive.”
“As we speak we tried to do injury management first, however we additionally tried to be taught some issues about it.
“I would be pleased if I might make some progress. If my teammate wins the race, I haven’t got the posh of ending fifth.”
Piastri must ‘drive otherwise’
After his victory in Zandvoort, Piastri was 34 factors forward of Norris within the standings.
After a collection of adverse outcomes, his lead fully disappeared.
Piastri crashed out of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after a disastrous opening lap.
He completed fifth on the Circuit of the Americas, nicely behind Norris.
Piastri admitted he was “making an attempt to alter issues up” to rediscover his type.
“I’ve needed to drive fully otherwise these previous few weeks,” he added. “I have never been driving otherwise after I ought to have been driving otherwise, which was somewhat unusual as a result of I have been driving precisely the identical all yr.
“Over the previous couple of weeks, the automobile and the tires have required a very totally different approach of driving. We’re not there but. As we speak we tried a number of issues to alter issues up a bit.”
“As soon as we analyze whether or not it’s efficient or not, we hope to see some progress.”
