Oscar Piastri has admitted he “can’t afford” to repeat his disastrous Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend if he needs to win this 12 months’s world championship.
F1 title chief Piastri endured his worst weekend of the season in Baku as he crashed out on a nightmare first lap that additionally noticed him leap the beginning and fall to the very again of the sector.
The Australian has seen his championship lead trimmed all the way down to 25 factors with seven rounds remaining as McLaren teammate and chief title rival Lando Norris might solely take seventh, whereas Purple Bull’s Max Verstappen is 69 factors behind after claiming back-to-back wins.
“We do not wish to have weekends like Baku and we all know we will not afford to have weekends like Baku,” Piastri advised reporters forward of this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix.
“Actually from my aspect of issues there was some robust classes to take however I feel as a crew we type of recognised a couple of alternatives from the weekend to attempt to enhance. In order that’s at all times an essential factor.
“Baku was fairly a very good reminder of firstly how shortly every part can change but in addition on a few of the issues which have made the season so profitable for myself and the crew.
“So I feel simply making an attempt to remain centered on that may naturally care for the championship image.”
Oscar Piastri received’t ‘dwell’ on errors
Piastri suffered two pricey crashes in Baku
Piastri mentioned he realized useful “classes on danger” throughout his uncharacteristically sloppy weekend in Baku.
“There’s some classes about how I can take care of that higher and simply classes on danger I assume is one of the simplest ways to place it. There’s nothing revolutionary that I feel wants to alter or that I’m going to alter,” Piastri mentioned.
“For 16 of the 17 weekends what I have been doing has labored very nicely. If I make certain I keep centered on the issues which have gone nicely then it is going to proceed to go that means. Nothing revolutionary. I am simply placing it all the way down to some errors.”
Piastri insisted he has discovered it comparatively simple to maneuver on from his errors.
“I feel it was comparatively simple to maneuver on from really,” he harassed. “I feel in some methods as a result of the errors had been so apparent, you permit each weekend looking for how one can enhance. However there’s some weekends, usually those that go nicely, the place it’s kind of harder to seek out the place it is doable to enhance.
“But additionally if you do not have a transparent concept of the place issues went incorrect then usually the toughest half is discovering the place to begin. I feel when the errors and the results are so apparent it is fairly simple to seek out the place to look. I feel the reflection on that has been fairly easy and I really feel comfy coming again in now.
“I definitely have not needed to dwell on it an excessive amount of, the teachings are there however I have been capable of transfer on from it shortly and simply method this weekend like some other weekend.”
