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\"Oscar<\/p>\n

By Andrew Clarke<\/p>\n

Date posted: 29 June 2026<\/p>\n

Oscar Piastri has labelled his fourth place at the Austrian Grand Prix \u201cnight and day\u201d different to his troubled Barcelona weekend, but admitted McLaren needs upgrades to challenge Mercedes and Red Bull at the front.<\/p>\n

The Melburnian led McLaren home at the Red Bull Ring, beating both Ferraris and reigning World Champion teammate Lando Norris on a weekend where he ended a recent slump.<\/p>\n

Piastri said the result was the product of work done after his difficult Barcelona run, where the MCL39 had baffled the team.<\/p>\n

\u201cCertainly compared to Barcelona, today\u2019s race was similar in some ways and was night and day different for me,\u201d Piastri said. \u201cWe put a lot of effort into understanding why Barcelona was so tricky. I think we understood why and attacked things pretty differently for this weekend and today in particular, and I think the result is kind of the evidence of that work.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Australian was philosophical about missing the podium, with Mercedes and Red Bull operating on another level in Austria.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a bit of a surprise we were able to beat Ferrari,\u201d Piastri said. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t by much, and I think strategy probably helped us out today. The pace was a little bit stronger than them, but clearly not strong enough to go and get Mercedes, and obviously with Verstappen being a lot quicker than we expected, so that\u2019s where we are.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you don\u2019t get a trophy at the end, you always wish there was a bit more, but that was the absolute most we could have done.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Oscar<\/p>\n

Oscar Piastri leads Lewis Hamilton\u2019s Ferrari through a kerb at the Red Bull Ring on his way to fourth, the lead McLaren in Austria. Image: GettyImages<\/p>\n

Ferrari surprise opens upgrade window<\/p>\n

Piastri admitted Ferrari\u2019s relative struggle in Austria, just a fortnight after a strong showing in Spain, had caught him off guard.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter Barcelona I thought they would be really strong, but that clearly wasn\u2019t the case here,\u201d he said. \u201cI think that\u2019s good news for us in some ways, because we obviously haven\u2019t brought many upgrades. They had a big upgrade in Barcelona, so we just need to try and get some of our own upgrades in the car.\u201d<\/p>\n

McLaren\u2019s biggest target is straight-line speed. Almost half of Piastri\u2019s deficit in qualifying came down the straights, where the MCL39 lacks pace against the Mercedes and the upgraded Red Bull.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the ratios we have a pretty good idea. I don\u2019t know exactly where it stacks up this weekend, but that\u2019s a very small piece of the puzzle,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe engines are the same, maybe there\u2019s some things in deployment. We think there\u2019s definitely something in drag. So we\u2019re working with everyone, firstly on ourselves trying to get some drag off the car, but also with HPP to try and squeeze some more out of the engine and the deployment as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

McLaren is supplied with Mercedes power units by High Performance Powertrains (HPP), the same engine arm that supplies the works Mercedes team that beat Piastri to the podium in Austria.<\/p>\n

Heat, slipstream and a new style of overtaking<\/p>\n

Despite track temperatures climbing during a hot Austrian afternoon, Piastri said the race had been comfortable physically.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was hot, don\u2019t get me wrong, but compared to some of the races like Singapore or that year in Qatar, today was pretty easy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Australian was also asked about the reduced impact of the overtake button at a circuit that used to favour DRS-led passing under the old regulations.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom where I was sat it wasn\u2019t massively different. I managed to get past Charles twice with the same kind of difficulty as DRS,\u201d Piastri said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing able to follow a bit closer was probably a little bit easier today. But here in the past DRS was worth a lot, whereas now overtake mode is not really worth that much here. The slipstream is a lot, so if you\u2019ve got a bit of tyre difference, which is what I had with Charles, then you could make things happen. But if you didn\u2019t have that then it was tough.\u201d<\/p>\n

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