Oscar Piastri says the strain of combating for the Components 1 championship is just like his junior titles, however his previous successes have proven him there may be “not a magic formulation” 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 Components Renault in 2019, F3 in 2020 and F2 in 2021 – provide him priceless expertise.
“It’s kind of of a special situation as a result of the season is so lengthy in Components 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’d say all three that I received have been in fairly other ways.
“I would say Components Renault I used to be fast however made fairly a number of errors. F3 possibly missing just a little little bit of final tempo however very very constant and at all times there once I wanted to be. F2 happily was sort of a mix of the consistency and tempo, however there’s not a magic formulation 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 in the end it is advisable to be constantly quick and taking dangers when it is advisable 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 facet of issues might be probably the most comparable.”
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 possibly can see what your opponent’s doing. You already know what they’re doing with the automobile, you understand how they’re driving the automobile, so you might have much more perception in some methods. Nevertheless it additionally makes it tougher as a result of that clearly goes the opposite method as properly.
“I believe the opposite factor that makes it troublesome is clearly with regards to races and technique, clearly solely certainly one of you possibly can pit on the identical time, or each of you possibly can pit on the identical time, however certainly one of you goes to lose so much. In order that’s one other aspect that turns into troublesome to handle for the group, extra so than the drivers.
“However there’s positives and negatives of getting that battle throughout the identical group. I believe we do an excellent job of managing it as a result of we have seen up to now it may be a reasonably troublesome state of affairs to handle.
“So I believe it is not at all times been easy crusing, however I believe our method of with the ability to recover from these bumps or these hurdles is what will set us up for long-term success.”
