{"id":68010,"date":"2025-05-02T09:16:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T09:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/68010\/"},"modified":"2025-05-02T09:16:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T09:16:12","slug":"piastri-not-fazed-by-f1-championship-lead-as-race-wins-are-the-bigger-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/68010\/","title":{"rendered":"Piastri not fazed by F1 championship lead as race wins are the bigger focus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oscar Piastri<\/a> remains intent on not getting carried away now that he is leading the Formula 1 championship for the first time in his short career.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The McLaren<\/a> driver leads the standings by 10 points having won three of the previous four grands prix including the last two in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

That is despite a poor season-opener in Melbourne, where for much of the race Piastri trailed Lando Norris<\/a> in a McLaren 1-2 but eventually finished ninth after spinning off in the latter stages.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old, who is only in his third season, said ahead of this weekend\u2019s Miami Grand Prix: “Winning the races is what is exciting at the moment.<\/p>\n

“I think the championship lead is nice, but I think I said after Saudi, I’m much more proud and satisfied of the work and the reasons behind why I’m leading the championship than actually the fact that I am leading the championship.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cEspecially given that Melbourne didn’t go very well from a points point of view, I think it went well as far as execution goes, but considering I started with a bit of a deficit and I’ve pulled it back, I think that’s kind of the part that I’m enjoying the most, is the reasons why we’re leading the championship.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Oscar <\/p>\n

Oscar Piastri, McLaren<\/p>\n

Photo by: Sam Bagnall \/ Motorsport Images<\/p>\n

Piastri is now considered the favourite for this year\u2019s crown, despite that tag belonging to Norris at the start of the year.<\/p>\n

But since the Briton\u2019s win from pole in Melbourne, his form has faltered as Norris has struggled to get to grips with the MCL39.<\/p>\n

Piastri believes this isn\u2019t down to a particular style of driving that the McLaren car favours, instead it\u2019s about working to extract the most from the car on any given circuit.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe car is an evolution from what we had last year, there’s some things that are different, but there’s a lot of things that still do the same thing as last season,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom my side, I feel like I have taken a step forward across the board. I think there’s not been one specific thing that I tried to work on from last year, I’ve just been trying to find those last hundredths of a second, wherever you can.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the moment that’s been making a difference, I’ve still lost out on a few poles by a few hundredths of a second, so I’ve still got some more digging to do, but I think that’s been the big difference for me so far.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

That difference has seen Piastri outqualify Norris on three out of five grands prix weekends in 2025, while the Briton has just one victory to his team-mate\u2019s three.<\/p>\n

The other grand prix was won in Japan by Red Bull\u2019s Max Verstappen<\/a>, who is third in the championship and 12 points behind Piastri.<\/p>\n

Read Also:<\/p>\n

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