Sky Sports activities F1 commentator David Croft believes Oscar Piastri might use ways beforehand deployed by Lewis Hamilton within the F1 title decider.
Hamilton, a seven-time world champion, has been concerned in some dramatic championship finals.
He received his first title on the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, overtaking Toyota’s Timo Glock on the ultimate lap as he struggled on the flawed tires.
Hamilton defeated Nico Rosberg for the 2014 title as nicely.
Two years later in Abu Dhabi, Hamilton wanted a miracle.
Main the race, he intentionally fell again within the ultimate sector to drive Rosberg into the fingers of Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen.
To win the championship, Rosberg wanted to complete on the rostrum and Hamilton wanted to win the race.
This tactic in the end didn’t work, nonetheless, leaving Rosberg and Mercedes’ pit partitions unstable.
Extra ways in Abu Dhabi?
Comparable ways might return this weekend as mathematically there are nonetheless three drivers in competition for the 2025 F1 title.
Lando Norris leads the standings with 12 factors over Verstappen.
Even when Verstappen or Piastri win the race, a third-place end on Sunday will seal Norris’ title.
Verstappen must win and Norris ought to end fourth. In impact, it is the identical situation Hamilton confronted in 2016.
Piastri, then again, wants a win together with Norris ending sixth or worse.
Croft believes the one sensible method for Piastri to create that situation is to purposefully pull the pack again and put stress on Norris from the automobiles behind him.
To try this, Piastri will probably want to start out from pole place at a monitor the place Norris has traditionally had success.
Talking on Sky Sports activities’ F1 Present, Croft stated: “I used to be speaking to Oscar in the beginning of the season and he stated this: ‘We’ll play group video games as a result of we’ll want a group sooner or later. It is all concerning the group, it is a group sport.’
“So he is not going to go in opposition to that. I do not assume Lando goes to go in opposition to that both, particularly if they permit Max to go. It’s a must to look in folks’s eyes the day after the race.”
“I can see Oscar profitable the race and I can even see the situation of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg in 2016. Oscar may not be that quick and push his teammates into the pack.”
“That is completely acceptable and I do not count on something greater than that. However I believe if Oscar wins the race, Lando would be the champion.”
