Oscar Piastri claims that his McLaren teammates suffered and his championship rival Rand Norris has nothing to do along with his strategy to the title combat.
Norris fell 34 factors to Piastri in 9 races after profitable the Dutch Grand Prix final weekend, and was pressured to retire after an oil leak at McLaren.
Piastri is now thought-about a transparent favorite of this 12 months’s world title following the misfortunes Norris suffered, however he refuses to be content material to bid to additional improve his benefit over his important rivals.
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“It is clearly not nice to see one thing like that (Norris’ retirement), however sadly it is a part of the race,” Piastri forward of the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.
“We’ve not talked a lot about it. There’s nothing to enhance. For me, the strategy stays the identical. This 12 months’s strategy has labored.
“The hole is larger now, but it surely’s nonetheless not comfy and it will probably change the best way I am going about issues.
Piastri, who has received the Norris 5 in seven instances this 12 months, added: “It must be very simple. Me and the engineers try to profit from the automotive.
“You are at all times attempting to profit from your self. Actually in relation to automotive setup, you do not gradual your automotive down. It isn’t the identical for me. Even your strategy to threat does not change.
“I nonetheless wish to increase it even additional as a result of there’s nonetheless an extended method to go and the larger leads are at all times larger.”
Rand Norris does not need unhealthy luck at Oscar Piastri
In the meantime, Norris emphasised that he wouldn’t depend on “luck” to overturn his deficit to piastry within the title race.
“I will not take a look at luck and all of this,” Norris advised reporters Thursday.
“Final weekend I used to be unfortunate. That is life. It should occur. It’d attain the tip of the 12 months, however nothing else will occur.
“In case you lose a championship with a shedding level (Zandvoort) over the weekend, that is laborious, that is life.
“I do not need anyone else to be unfortunate. I used to be unfortunate that weekend. This weekend I must attempt to do higher. I do not imagine in that form of factor.”
