Oscar Piastri had pledged to “learn as much” as he can from the F1 curtain raiser at Albert Park, despite not starting the race after his devastating warm-up lap shunt.<\/p>\n
The McLaren driver put his MCL40 in the wall during his reconnaissance lap to the grid, experiencing a 100kW surge of power on cold tyres when he got onto the kerb at Turn 4 in Melbourne.<\/p>\n
It left him a passenger as his car careered into the barriers, ending his Australian Grand Prix before it had begun.<\/p>\n
When asked how he picks himself back up again following the accident in front of his adoring hometown fans, a crestfallen Piastri told media, including RacingNews365: “I think just trying to learn as much as I can, even just by watching the race.<\/p>\n
“Last year, whilst the result wasn’t what I wanted, I felt like there were a lot of positives from the weekend.<\/p>\n
“This year, obviously, the disappointment is even greater, but I think up until [the crash], I think we did a lot of things well.”<\/p>\n
The 24-year-old shared that even without the valuable data he would have amassed during the race, he and McLaren have already pinpointed room for improvement.<\/p>\n
And although his weekend ended in misery, the nine-time grand prix winner was quick to highlight that the season-opening round was not a complete failure.<\/p>\n
“We clearly identified some things we need to change and do a better job at,” Piastri explained.<\/p>\n
“But I think through practice and qualifying, I felt pretty comfortable \u2014 as comfortable as you can do in these cars.<\/p>\n
“And yeah, it felt like I was building myself into it nicely; that element is not too dissimilar to 12 months ago, so I’ll just try and take the learnings and come back next week.”<\/p>\n
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