Oscar Piastri has significantly improved in the 2024 season with the car McLaren offered him. The Australian scored the second-highest points in the eight races from Miami, only 32 points behind his teammate Lando Norris. Recently, the 23-year-old won his first-ever Grand Prix at Hungary, achieving a 1-2 finish for McLaren. These results in Hungary and Belgium, where he finished second, demonstrated strong fundamental growth. However, the Australian believes he missed some opportunities at the beginning of the season.
Oscar Piastri felt like McLaren missed some opportunities due to things they couldn’t control. Despite this, McLaren performed well, with both Lando Norris and Piastri finishing in top positions. This strong performance helped them secure second place in the constructors’ championship, only 42 points behind Red Bull Racing with 10 races remaining. Recently, McLaren gained over 70 points, showing their competitiveness and potential to challenge Red Bull. Both the McLaren driver’s has the chance to aim for the drivers Championship to challenge Max Verstappen at the top.
There's kind of the feeling of a few missed opportunities with some things that were out of our control.Oscar Piastri told Speedcafe.com
Piastri mentioned some of the opportunities missed like the Miami, where he performed very well but a Safety Car situation prevented him from getting a better result. He also referred to the race in Austria, where he got penalized for exceeding track limits. Although this was technically his fault, he felt it wasn’t entirely fair because of how the decision was made. Despite these setbacks, Piastri still showed strong performances, helping McLaren climb to second place in the Constructors’ Championship.
Like Miami, the track limits in Austria – I mean, technically that one was in my control, but it wasn't really given how it was deleted.Oscar Piastri added.
Oscar Piastri has faith in McLaren’s ‘potential’
Oscar Piastri reflected on his season, stated that it had been mostly positive and he was happy with his progress. He believed there was potential to do even better, which made him very excited for the future ahead. Despite missing opportunities and challenges, Piastri’s strong performances had helped McLaren achieve second place in the constructors’ championship. Therefore, with 10 races left, McLaren has a good chance to close the gap to the reigning world champions.
So I think largely positive. But I feel like there's potential to do even better, which is obviously a very exciting position to be in.Oscar Piastri stated.
Certainly, Oscar Piastri was pleased by the performance he brought to help the team despite their setbacks. They are looking forward to improve more for the last 10 rounds remaining to end the season. Fans were pleased by the recent performances pulled by McLaren driver’s, especially the 1-2 finish at the Hungarian GP. They hope to see such more outcomes in future races and winning the championships for the team.
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