Montoya warns Piastri might crack under pressure

Former Formula One operator Juan Pablo Montoya, commentating for F1 TV today, believes Oscar Piastri may not beryllium capable to support a chill caput arsenic the play enters a important phase. Montoya believes the unit tin instrumentality its toll, portion Andrea Stella continues to support the young Australian, arguing that adjacent the top champions person atrocious weekends sometimes.

The Colombian operator recalled a speech helium had with Piastri conscionable aft the Italian Grand Prix, erstwhile the Australian inactive had a coagulated pb successful the standings.

“We’re starting to spot a broadside of Oscar that we haven’t seen earlier – I don’t deliberation Oscar has seen that broadside either,” said Montoya. 

“He went to Monza and said: I’m successful a comfy position, but I’m not going to alteration my approach.”

“I really said astatine Monza: whether you similar it oregon not, mentally you’re going to alteration your attack due to the fact that you’re going to commencement to uncertainty yourself. One broadside is I’m not pushing hard capable due to the fact that I don’t person to, and past you effort to beryllium to yourself that you’re pushing hard capable and extremity up crashing the car into the wall.”

Montoya believes that this is precisely what was seen successful Baku, wherever aft a occupation astatine the commencement and a mendacious start, Piastri locked his wheels and ended up successful the obstruction of the 4th turn. The play was afloat of mistakes – already successful qualifying helium deed the partition successful the 3rd turn, and successful signifier helium touched the partition successful the fifteenth.

Montoya talks astir the pressure

It was a astonishment for many, due to the fact that the Australian was known for his calmness and coolness successful cardinal moments. Montoya warns that the unit of a rubric tin alteration the intelligence game.

"When you're warring for the title, everything becomes different. You commencement analyzing each move, each determination and often overthinking. That's erstwhile you marque mistakes that you don't usually make. It's not conscionable astir speed, it's astir however composed you tin beryllium erstwhile you cognize that each contention tin determine the championship," explains Montoya.

Piastri has 7 wins and 5 rod positions, but his pb implicit Norris is present 25 points with 7 races to go. Montoya believes that the adjacent races volition beryllium a existent trial of his intelligence strength.

"He is incredibly talented and has already shown that helium tin bushed the best, but present helium is entering a signifier wherever acquisition and intelligence stableness marque the difference. If helium stays composed, helium has what it takes to triumph the title. But if the unit starts to dictate his decisions, helium could suffer the vantage helium has built truthful far," concludes Montoya.