Oscar Piastri says the strain of combating for the Method 1 championship is just like his junior titles, however his previous successes have proven him there may be “not a magic components” to successful.
Lando Norris received back-to-back races in Austria and Silverstone to chop Piastri’s lead on the high of the standings to only eight factors, however the Australian retains the benefit having led the best way since Saudi Arabia in April. Already combating for a title in simply his third season in F1, Piastri says his run of three championships in a row – in Method Renault in 2019, F3 in 2020 and F2 in 2021 – supply him useful expertise.
“It’s kind of of a unique situation as a result of the season is so lengthy in Method 1, and I believe if my championships in my junior profession taught me something it is that there is not a technique of going about it,” Piastri advised RACER. “I might say all three that I received had been in fairly alternative ways.
“I might say Method Renault I used to be fast however made fairly just a few errors. F3 possibly missing a bit of little bit of final tempo however very very constant and at all times there after I wanted to be. F2 thankfully was form of a mix of the consistency and tempo, however there’s not a magic components to the way you win a championship.
“So I really feel like I’ve tried to take the teachings from that and undoubtedly consistency is a large a part of that for certain. However finally you have to be persistently quick and taking dangers when you have to and I believe that is the place it is a balancing act. However I believe from a strain standpoint it feels fairly acquainted in order that aspect of issues might be probably the most related.”
Piastri usually confronted opposition from teammates in junior classes and this season is once more turning into an intra-team battle at McLaren, with the 24-year-old seeing benefits and drawbacks to the situation.
“I believe in some methods it makes it simpler as a result of you’ll be able to see what your opponent’s doing. You already know what they’re doing with the automotive, you know the way they’re driving the automotive, so you’ve much more perception in some methods. However it additionally makes it harder as a result of that clearly goes the opposite method as nicely.
“I believe the opposite factor that makes it troublesome is clearly relating to races and technique, clearly solely one in all you’ll be able to pit on the similar time, or each of you’ll be able to pit on the similar time, however one in all you goes to lose rather a lot. In order that’s one other aspect that turns into troublesome to handle for the crew, extra so than the drivers.
“However there’s positives and negatives of getting that battle throughout the similar crew. I believe we do an excellent job of managing it as a result of we have seen up to now it may be a fairly troublesome scenario to handle.
“So I believe it isn’t at all times been easy crusing, however I believe our method of having the ability to recover from these bumps or these hurdles is what will set us up for long-term success.”
