Mark Webber has provided perception into how he plans to assist Oscar Piastri regain his kind following one other troublesome race on the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
Piastri misplaced much more floor to teammate Lando Norris within the F1 title race.
The Australian is now 24 factors behind Norris with three rounds to go.
This implies Norris can afford to complete second to Piastri in the entire remaining races – and the Qatar dash – to take the title.
Piastri has recorded three consecutive fifth-place finishes.
Whereas his tempo was higher than in Austin and Mexico Metropolis, a 10-second time penalty for contact with Kimi Antonelli price him a possible P2 end at Interlagos.
Webber, who’s Piastri’s F1 supervisor, revealed what he plans to do to “get him circled” forward of Las Vegas.
“Properly get him circled,” Webber instructed Channel 4. “I don’t suppose he’s low on motivation, put it that manner.
“He’s had a tricky run however that is about character, combating these deep motivations that you simply want at this level to return again and that is his third yr in F1 so he wants to search out that character to struggle again.”
Title battle “a journey” for Piastri
Piastri is barely in his third season in F1.
After a yr on the sidelines, he was signed as Daniel Ricciardo’s substitute for the 2023 F1 season.
Whereas Norris held a decisive edge in 2023 and 2024, Piastri began this yr properly.
Nevertheless, Norris has grown extra assured with this yr’s McLaren, significantly since a key suspension change that gave him a greater feeling of the automotive.
Oscar Piastri’s aggressive Flip 1 lunge
Webber believes Piastri’s title cost is “unprecedented”, given how inexperienced he’s.
“In fact, it’s a journey for him. Clearly, it’s been an unbelievable journey so early in his profession to be combating for a world title,” Webber added.
“12 months three is fairly unprecedented. I believe it was Lewis; there haven’t been many individuals who’ve performed this so early of their profession.
“So, naturally, that’s within the equation, in fact, to know the boundaries of how that may search for him, with out placing an excessive amount of strain on the scenario.
“And in addition, after I went for my championship, I used to be an previous canine. I used to be actually previous, on the finish of my profession; he’s early in his profession.
“So, there are completely different nuances there, a little bit of all the pieces. An arm round him, encouragement right here and there, alternatives, you possibly can see his pecker’s up, he’s working laborious, and it’s early in his profession.”
