Piastri “a bit more pushy” at McLaren, but won’t give engineers orders

Oscar Piastri has fine-tuned how he works with the McLaren crew and is ‘not afraid to be a bit extra pushy’ having accomplished his second marketing campaign in System 1.

Piastri performed a key position in McLaren’s world constructors’ title in his sophomore season, scoring two grand prix wins and eight podiums, with a streak of 12 top-five finishes in 13 rounds in the course of the yr.

The 23-year-old has additionally been rising off the observe, studying to take extra management when working with the squad’s engineers – however not overstepping his authority.

Requested by Autosport in an unique interview if he performed an even bigger position in pushing and motivating the crew in 2024, Piastri replied: “I’d say not in my manner or the way in which I am working with the crew. Perhaps I do know slightly bit extra of what I need from the crew or from the automobile, however I feel for the massive half it is very, very comparable.

“I am actually not now in my second yr telling the aerodynamicists the way to design the automobile and stuff like that. I am nonetheless attempting to provide the identical useful suggestions the place I can.

“Perhaps now that I do know some extra individuals, I am not as afraid to be a bit extra pushy in what I ask for. However I’ve actually not modified my persona from yr to yr. That simply comes with expertise, and one of the best ways I may also help is by attempting to do my greatest each weekend.”

Lando Norris, McLaren F1 Staff, 1st place, Oscar Piastri, McLaren F1 Staff, the McLaren crew have a good time securing the Constructors Championship title

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Piastri can also be happy together with his working relationship with Lando Norris, because the McLaren drivers are set to crew up once more in 2025 and 2026.

“I feel a part of why we have had a lot success in going ahead is that Lando and I work very effectively collectively on that type of factor,” the Australian added. “Now we have all the time wished very comparable issues from the automobile. So I feel that is very helpful for the crew.

“So long as we preserve saying the identical issues then, whereas it implies that we’re nonetheless not on prime of them, [it] additionally [means] that we’re nonetheless working very a lot in the identical wavelength.”

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