Oscar Piastri fought for a fifth place on the Mexico Metropolis Grand Prix, minimizing harm within the drivers’ championship, however says he should study to drive McLaren in a different way.
Lando Norris confirmed overwhelming energy in Mexico, successful by over 30 seconds over Charles Leclerc who began from pole place. In distinction, Piastri moved up from seventh on the grid to complete fifth, regardless of shedding greater than half a second to his teammate in qualifying, and stated the extra vital outcome was whether or not he was in a position to deal with some areas that helped him get extra out of the automotive.
“There was loads of preventing,” Piastri instructed Sky Sports activities. “It was fairly powerful as a result of I used to be proper behind somebody the entire race and I used to be preventing the soiled air.
“Crucial factor for me is to attempt to study what I need to study. It turned clear after the session (in qualifying) that there have been some issues I needed to change fairly drastically in the best way I drove. It will be good to make some progress on that, however clearly ending fifth will not be that luxurious when your teammate wins the race.”
Given the dearth of upgrades from McLaren within the second half of the season, Piastri admitted it was tough to see why he wanted to maneuver away from the driving fashion that has served him effectively for therefore lengthy this yr.
“I believe I’ve needed to drive fairly in a different way the previous couple of weeks. It has been a bit bizarre to have my thoughts racing,” he stated. “I have been driving precisely the identical approach all yr, however in the previous couple of weekends the automotive, the tires, or one thing has demanded a very totally different approach of driving. I am not fairly there but. I’ve tried altering issues up a bit, however I hope we’ll see some progress as soon as we analyze whether or not it has been efficient or not.”
“It has nothing to do with the automotive as a result of the automotive hasn’t modified for some time. Given the distinction in tempo in the previous couple of races, clearly it was simpler for Lando to regulate to that, however it wasn’t for me.”
“I believe it’s vital to keep in mind that with the remaining 19 races, the best way I drive is working very effectively… It’s vital so as to add instruments to the toolbox fairly than reinventing myself.”
