Piastri says setup shift leaves him searching as Norris edges ahead

Oscar Piastri near Mexico City admitting the car helium trusted for months present asks for thing different. A tally of 4 races without a podium erased his 35-point cushion and handed teammate Lando Norris a one-point borderline with a commanding triumph astatine the Mexican Grand Prix. “It’s surely been a learning acquisition for sure,” Piastri said. “For immoderate reason, the past mates of weekends has required a precise antithetic mode of driving, and what’s worked good for maine successful the past 19 races has needed thing precise antithetic the past mates of weekends, and trying to wrapper my caput astir wherefore has been a spot of a struggle.”

He insisted the bundle remains quick; the occupation is extracting it the mode helium prefers. “I deliberation [I understood the car] a small spot better, but it wasn’t truthful overmuch the gait of the car, due to the fact that intelligibly the car was beauteous speedy this weekend,” helium said. “It was much conscionable trying to unlock it… hopefully we’ll get a spot much denotation from immoderate of the data.”

Adapting nether pressure

Qualifying seventh turned Sunday into hazard management. Piastri experimented with techniques that bash not consciousness earthy to him. “Ultimately contiguous was astir trying to experimentation with immoderate of those things,” helium said. “I deliberation driving the mode I’ve had to thrust these past mates of weekends is not peculiarly earthy for me, truthful it’s been astir trying to exploit it arsenic overmuch arsenic I can.”

He inactive produced a item with a decisive late-braking determination connected George Russell into Turn 1 aft abandoned attempts done the opening complex. “I mean, I had to spell for it successful the end,” Piastri said. “I tried a mates of times to benignant of bide my time… but yeah, it was similar each clip you tried that they enactment quicksand down, due to the fact that you conscionable had nary grip… I conscionable had to spell for it, and successful the extremity it wasn’t excessively difficult.”

Asked however to reclaim the standings pb implicit the last 4 rounds, his reply was stripped of drama: “Find immoderate much gait and triumph immoderate much races.”