Tagad Piastri p\u0101rsvars p\u0101r Norisu ir tikai 14 punkti, bet Verstapens atpaliek 40 punktus. Tom\u0113r pirms \u010detriem posmiem, kad Piastri triumf\u0113ja Zandvort\u0101, vi\u0146a p\u0101rsvars bija attiec\u012bgi 34 un 104 punkti. C\u012b\u0146a par titulu p\u0113k\u0161\u0146i k\u013cuvusi spraig\u0101ka.<\/p>\n
Piastri atzina, ka p\u0113d\u0113jie posmi nav biju\u0161i veiksm\u012bgi \u2013 av\u0101rija Baku, ceturt\u0101 vieta Singap\u016br\u0101 un neveiksm\u012bga ned\u0113\u013cas nogale Ostin\u0101. “Protams, \u0161is posms nebija t\u0101ds, k\u0101du v\u0113l\u0113jos,” vi\u0146\u0161 sac\u012bja. “Tom\u0113r es joproj\u0101m labpr\u0101t\u0101k esmu sav\u0101 poz\u012bcij\u0101 nek\u0101 vi\u0146u viet\u0101. Galvenais ir saprast, k\u0101p\u0113c \u0161oned\u0113\u013c mums neizdev\u0101s, un atgriezties pie t\u0101s formas, k\u0101da bija sezonas s\u0101kum\u0101.” Uz jaut\u0101jumu, vai Verstapens tagad ir liel\u0101ks drauds, Piastri atbild\u0113ja: “Ne glu\u017ei. Vi\u0146\u0161, protams, ir \u0101trs, bet, ja m\u0113s atkal atrad\u012bsim savu tempu, rezult\u0101ti atgriez\u012bsies pa\u0161i no sevis.”<\/p>\n
Lai gan Verstapenam ir \u010dempiona pieredze un vi\u0146\u0161 tiek uzskat\u012bts par favor\u012btu psiholo\u0123iskaj\u0101 c\u012b\u0146\u0101, Piastri atg\u0101dina, ka ar\u012b vi\u0146\u0161 ir pieradis c\u012bn\u012bties par tituliem \u2013 uzvar\u0113jis gan F3, gan F2 \u010dempion\u0101t\u0101. “Tas man dod p\u0101rliec\u012bbu, ka viss joproj\u0101m var beigties labi. Ja m\u0113s atkal atrad\u012bsim \u0101trumu, tad man nav pamata uztraukumam,” sac\u012bja austr\u0101lietis, uzsverot, ka pieci atliku\u0161ie posmi v\u0113l pied\u0101v\u0101 pla\u0161as iesp\u0113jas.<\/p>\n
Tikm\u0113r “McLaren” vad\u012bt\u0101js Andrea Stella atzina, ka komanda v\u0113l nav gatava izv\u0113l\u0113ties starp Piastri un Norisu, lai aizst\u0101v\u0113tos pret Verstapenu. “To noteiks tikai matem\u0101tika,” sac\u012bja Stella. “Ir pieci posmi un divi sprinti \u2013 mums v\u0113l ir iesp\u0113ja palielin\u0101t p\u0101rsvaru p\u0101r Maksu. M\u0113s zin\u0101m, ka m\u016bsu ma\u0161\u012bnai priek\u0161\u0101 ir trases, kur\u0101s t\u0101 var b\u016bt sp\u0113c\u012bga, un ar\u012b piloti apzin\u0101s, ka da\u017eos posmos var\u0113ja izdar\u012bt lab\u0101k.”<\/p>\n
Stella uzsv\u0113ra, ka komanda saglab\u0101 mieru un koncentr\u0113jas uz stabilu sniegumu atliku\u0161ajos posmos \u2013 Meksik\u0101, Braz\u012blij\u0101, Lasvegas\u0101, Katar\u0101 un Ab\u016b Dab\u012b. “Mums sezonas izn\u0101kums joproj\u0101m ir sav\u0101s rok\u0101s,” vi\u0146\u0161 teica. “M\u0113s zin\u0101m, ka, ja Verstapenam ir konkur\u0113tsp\u0113j\u012bga ma\u0161\u012bna, vi\u0146\u0161 k\u013c\u016bst par \u013coti nopietnu pretendentu. Bet tas nemaina m\u016bsu pieeju \u2013 mums vienk\u0101r\u0161i j\u0101izdara viss perfekti un j\u0101izmanto savas iesp\u0113jas l\u012bdz galam.”<\/p>\n