Jul.15 (GMM) Formulation 1 legend Alain Prost admits he’s impressed with the game’s present championship chief, Oscar Piastri.
After 4 consecutive titles for Max Verstappen, F1 seems set to get a brand new world champion in 2025 – one of many McLaren duo consisting of Piastri or British GP winner Lando Norris.
Prost is pretty certain the battle is not going to morph into an explosive state of affairs resembling his personal intra-McLaren battle with the nice Ayrton Senna.
“We actually didn’t care in any respect concerning the different drivers or the opposite groups,” Prost, 70, is quoted as saying by Italy’s Autosprint on the Goodwood Pageant of Velocity.
“I don’t assume they’ll have the identical issues we did,” the quadruple world champion added.
Certainly, the personalities of Piastri and Norris are very totally different than the Prost-Senna dynamic, though the Frenchman sees the similarities between himself and the 24-year-old Australian.
“I do know Oscar very effectively,” Prost stated. “I used to be the one who pushed Renault to carry him into the academy a very long time in the past – they didn’t wish to do it.
“He’s a particular driver,” he added. “I like the best way he operates, which is a bit of like me – he thinks within the second to make the correct overtaking manoeuvre and to be a bit of extra crafty.
“You realize I like him as a driver.”
After Norris’ Silverstone win, Piastri’s benefit is down to simply 8 factors – with an enormous hole now forming to Verstappen in P3.
“Within the championship, it’s very troublesome when two drivers are preventing for the title,” stated Prost, “however if in case you have a ample benefit over the opposite groups and the drivers, letting them race and combat is the most effective factor for the game.
“If the state of affairs turns into a bit of nearer with the opponents, with a driver or one other group, then it will likely be tougher – however it doesn’t seem like it will likely be that manner.”
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