Oscar Piastri insists the retirement suffered by McLaren teammate and championship rival Lando Norris could have no bearing on his method to the title struggle.
Norris has fallen 34 factors behind Piastri with 9 races remaining after the Australian gained final weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix whereas he was pressured to retire with an oil leak on his McLaren.
Piastri is now considered because the clear favorite for this 12 months’s world title following the misfortune suffered by Norris however he’s refusing to get complacent as he bids to additional improve his benefit over his chief rival.
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“It’s clearly by no means good to see that sort of factor [Norris’s retirement] however sadly it is part of racing,” Piastri mentioned forward of the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.
“We’ve not likely spoken about it. There’s nothing I can say that’s going to make it higher. For me the method doesn’t change. The method I’ve had this 12 months has labored nicely and for me there’s no cause to alter something now.
“The hole is greater now however it’s nonetheless removed from being snug and with the ability to change the best way I am going about issues. So it’ll keep the identical approach.”
Piastri, who has seven victories this 12 months to Norris’s 5, added: “It must be fairly simple. Me and the engineers try to get essentially the most out of the automotive, essentially the most out of myself and that doesn’t change whether or not you’re first or final.
“You might be at all times attempting to get the very best out of your self, actually by way of automotive set-up, you aren’t going to make the automotive any slower. For me that’s not going to alter. Even the method to threat gained’t change.
“I might nonetheless like to increase it much more as a result of there’s nonetheless a protracted approach to go and a much bigger lead is at all times a much bigger factor.”
Lando Norris not wishing unhealthy luck on Oscar Piastri
In the meantime, Norris burdened that he gained’t depend on “luck” to overturn his deficit to Piastri within the title race.
“I don’t look into luck and all these items,” Norris advised reporters on Thursday.“There’s no level. I don’t wish to be losing my time on hoping for it or praying for it.
“I used to be unfortunate final weekend and that’s life. It occurs. It’d get to the tip of the 12 months and nothing else occurs.
“If I lose the championship by the quantity of factors that I misplaced on the weekend [Zandvoort] then that’s robust, that’s life andI will transfer on. I’ll come again once more subsequent 12 months and attempt to do higher.
“I don’t want for unhealthy luck for anybody else. I used to be unfortunate that weekend and this weekend I have to attempt to do higher. I don’t consider in these sorts of issues.”
