Weeks after his maiden win, Oscar Piastri rues the “missed alternatives” of the opening half of the season, insisting “it might have been even higher”.
Fourth within the standings, forward of Carlos Sainz, Lewis Hamilton and Sergio Perez, the Australian teenager ought to be feeling happy with himself, in any case, latest occasions suggests he additionally has his skilled teammate rattled.
Nonetheless, regardless of the Hungary win, Piastri believes that there is room for enchancment.
“I believe I’ve made good progress on issues that I needed to enhance from final yr,” he tells Speedcafe. “Among the objectives I had from the top of final season, I believe I’ve completed an excellent job of tackling and made clear steps in a few of these areas… I’d say all of these areas.
“There’s nonetheless in fact room for enchancment,” he provides, “however I believe it has been an excellent step ahead.”
Not like final yr, the 2024 McLaren has been aggressive from the get-go.
“I believe the massive factor has been largely constructive, from each a group viewpoint, and from a private viewpoint,” he says, reflecting on the opening half of the season. “The group have given Lando and I a automobile that is able to profitable races.
“The most important constructive clearly is that we have thrust ourselves into competition with a automobile that is extremely fast,” he provides. “That is actually the most important factor.”
Nonetheless, regardless of being fourth within the standings, as a result of numerous woeful strategic errors, and a few his personal errors, it might have been even higher, as he’s the primary to confess.
“There’s form of the sensation of some missed alternatives with some issues that have been out of our management,” he says. “Like Miami, the observe limits in Austria, I imply, technically that one was in my management, nevertheless it wasn’t actually given the way it was deleted. After which a couple of that have been in our management, Silverstone being the latest one; Canada a little bit bit, to an extent Imola with the qualifying penalty…
“So I believe largely constructive,” he provides. “However I really feel like there’s potential to do even higher, which is clearly a really thrilling place to be in.”
