{"id":365964,"date":"2025-08-23T00:39:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T00:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/365964\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T00:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T00:39:09","slug":"the-pressure-is-only-going-to-increase-from-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/365964\/","title":{"rendered":"The pressure is only going to increase from here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOur relationship hasn\u2019t really changed,\u201d Oscar says. \u201cThe competitive environment is quite different this year, yes, but our relationship is pretty much the same. The way we work together, how we try and help the team, and what we want from the car, it is all the same.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we\u2019re both very conscious that we want to have success with this team for a long time. That is not lost on either of us. Healthy competition is important, of course, but it is important to keep the team united, and I think we both have that in the back of our minds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DKCrOc2RuAo\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View this post on Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DKCrOc2RuAo\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by McLaren (@mclaren)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Heading into the summer break, Oscar leads the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mclaren.com\/racing\/formula-1\/standings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drivers\u2019 Championship<\/a> by nine points, having picked up six wins, 12 podiums and four Poles.<\/p>\n<p>Now in his third F1 season, Oscar has built a reputation as one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mclaren.com\/racing\/formula-1\/2024\/unpacking-oscars-reputation-as-one-of-f1s-calmest-characters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the sport\u2019s calmest characters<\/a>, and when asked, says he feels he\u2019s dealt with the weight of a title challenge well so far. However, he cautions that the Championship picture will take on greater weight in the final 10 races.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would say I\u2019ve handled it well, but this has been the part of the year when the pressure isn\u2019t really on in the Championship fight,\u201d he says. \u201cObviously, you don\u2019t want to give away points, but it has been far too early to be thinking of the season in that way. At this stage, you just want to go into the weekend trying to get the most out of it as you can, rather than thinking of the Championship overall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo yes, I think I\u2019ve handled it well, but I haven\u2019t concentrated on it much. The pressure is only going to increase from here. When we get to the latter part of the year, that is when the pressure will ramp up.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cOur relationship hasn\u2019t really changed,\u201d Oscar says. \u201cThe competitive environment is quite different this year, yes, but our&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365965,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4103],"tags":[4199,707,4200,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-365964","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-f1","8":"tag-f1","9":"tag-formula-1","10":"tag-formula1","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115075295693186343","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}