Oscar Piastri admits he is at a loss to elucidate the distinction between him and teammate Lando Norris in qualifying for the Mexico Metropolis Grand Prix.
Norris put in a spectacular closing lap in Q3 to take pole place, beating the 2 Ferrari drivers who posed probably the most risk in qualifying. Piastri was eighth quickest in qualifying and can be promoted to seventh as a result of Carlos Sainz’s grid penalty, however he says the 0.6 second hole to Norris is complicated.
“Every little thing feels regular, however the hole was large in that session,” Piastri stated. “It was excellent all weekend. There have been just a few issues the place I felt like I may have cleaned issues up and made some straightforward progress, however not all of them. I feel I did a good job in qualifying and the automotive felt first rate. It is a bit of a thriller why I did not get sufficient lap instances.”
“Finally I am just a bit annoyed with the best way the session ended. There’s quite a bit to fret about, however finally it is a robust place to be that distant whenever you really feel such as you’ve performed a good job. In order that’s my greatest concern in the mean time.”
Piastri additionally struggled to match Norris in Austin final weekend, however to not the identical extent, however he feels there are some similarities between the 2 races.
“In some methods it isn’t that dissimilar, however what was a bit of stunning right here was that the hole was just about the identical from session to session,” he stated. “I really feel like I’ve run first rate laps all weekend, however the whole lot appears to be 4 or 5 tenths off, in order that’s clearly not a superb signal. However a number of the issues that have been troublesome in Austin are proving to be troublesome right here as effectively.”
“There have been some issues that have been apparent from Austin, however there have been some issues that have been a bit of completely different and completely different that have been apparent, and this weekend was a bit of completely different once more. I have never actually modified the best way I journey for the reason that season began. Even just a few races in the past once I was feeling good, it is onerous to pinpoint the place I am missing in lap time this weekend, however I am positive you may discover it.”
Piastri, who will begin seventh, two locations behind Max Verstappen, stated he could be aggressive at first to attenuate harm within the championship combat.
“I’ll do my finest,” he stated. “It is my longest run of the yr so I’ll attempt to enhance my place there. If I can liberate the tempo within the automotive, I’ll have a superb time. I will simply attempt to liberate that.”
