McLaren driver Oscar Piastri is assured he’s in a “robust place” to assault the ultimate ten rounds of the 2024 season.
The second-year driver has loved a breakthrough season thus far, taking his maiden grand prix victory within the Hungarian Grand Prix in addition to three different podium finishes.
Piastri headed into the summer time break with important momentum, having scored greater than any driver within the championship over the 5 rounds main into the shutdown, except for Lewis Hamilton.
“I believe positively the previous couple of weeks have been very robust from my facet,” Piastri stated. “I believe actually the entire season’s been fairly good.
“A few weekends in the course of the 12 months have been a bit tough. Japan and China primarily have been fairly robust – and clearly Barcelona – however I really feel like all the opposite races have been fairly robust. It’s simply that we’ve had quite a lot of issues that haven’t been going our manner in some methods. Whether or not it’s fascinating monitor restrict penalties or crashes or errors, there’s at all times form of been issues and I really feel like the previous couple of weekends I’ve been in a position to tidy it up.”
After taking a race win in Hungary earlier than ending second to Hamilton within the newest spherical of the championship at Spa-Francorchamps, Piastri says he’s happy with how a lot his performances improved over these two newest races in comparison with on the similar venue in his rookie 12 months.
“I really feel like I’ve taken a step ahead from final 12 months, positively,” he stated. “I believe in these tough, form of, races like this, final 12 months I used to be struggling in a race like this.
“I really feel like I’ve made good progress and clearly the automotive may be very fast as effectively. So I really feel like I’m gaining some good momentum, which is nice, however I understand how shortly it may possibly flip round and go the opposite manner as effectively.
“I simply hold attempting to construct on it, however I really feel like I’m in a powerful place.”
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