Oscar Piastri will not compromise his natural style of racing\u00a0as his battle with Lando Norris for the world championship heats up.<\/p>\n
The McLaren duo are split by just 31 points with eight races remaining, with the Australian in the driver\u2019s seat.<\/p>\n
Oscar Piastri weighs up risk-reward equation in F1 title fight<\/p>\n
McLaren has gone to great lengths this season to ensure fairness between its drivers.<\/p>\n
That saw Piastri asked to move aside for Norris during the latter stages of the Italian Grand Prix in a move many have criticised.<\/p>\n
By handing over second place to his nearest title rival, Piastri accepted a six-point swing in the championship race \u2013 the gap that could have been 37 points instead now sits at 31.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve had a much bigger gap than this, and had it pretty much erased before the final round,\u201d Piastri told PlanetF1.com and other outlets ahead of the Monza weekend.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I\u2019ve got personal experience of this not being a comfortable gap.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut, it\u2019s still far too early to be calculating and settling for positions that aren\u2019t first.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor me, the approach is still exactly the same. That won\u2019t change until the gap is pretty significantly bigger, or the amount of races is significantly smaller.\u201d<\/p>\n
Though acknowledging that his points lead over Norris is far from comfortable, Piastri also remained steadfast in his approach.<\/p>\n
The way he has tackled the season to date has delivered him to where he is; to change it now makes no sense. And so it played out in Monza, where he dutifully obliged the team\u2019s request as he has done in every other instance.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of it is from, in some ways, personal experiences in championships, but also just how, how I think as a person,\u201d he said of his mindset.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just how I\u2019ve always tried to go racing, you know, obviously trying to be taking the opportunities when they come, and obviously not taking too many risks.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe risk attitude five races ago, you didn\u2019t know the championship picture was going to look like this, and if you took a different amount of risk either way, then the gap is going to be potentially smaller than what it is.<\/p>\n
\u201c[It] could potentially be bigger, but I\u2019d like to think that my approach to risk is pretty measured, so for me, that doesn\u2019t really change regardless of the championship situation.\u201d<\/p>\n
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