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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHelmut Marko has praised Oscar Piastri’s mentality and nerve. Image: XPB Images<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHelmut Marko has praised Oscar Piastri’s mentality and nerve. Image: XPB Images<\/p>\n
Piastri has emerged as the standout performer of 2025, winning six of the opening 14 races to take a nine-point advantage over McLaren teammate Lando Norris in the F1 drivers\u2019 championship into the summer break.<\/p>\n
While Norris has responded with three wins in the last four races, it is Piastri\u2019s consistency that has impressed Marko most.<\/p>\n
\u201cPiastri has the nerve, is more consistent, and always gets the best out of himself. I\u2019ve never seen him so emotionally charged,\u201d Marko told F1-Insider. \u201cNorris may be faster per lap, but overall I see Piastri ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n
Since breaking into F1 with McLaren in 2023, Piastri has built a reputation as one of the most composed drivers on the grid.<\/p>\n
His steady approach in his rookie year allowed him to bank valuable track time, while in 2024 he was the only driver to complete every racing lap across the season.<\/p>\n
That consistency has carried into 2025, where he is on a streak of 40 consecutive points finishes \u2014 the fourth-longest run in F1 history, stretching back to the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix.<\/p>\n
\u201cPiastri has had an incredible career and is improving year after year,\u201d Marko added.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe had some major fluctuations last year, depending on the track. That\u2019s no longer the case.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe still has a long way to go. The potential to become a truly great driver is there, though.\u201d<\/p>\n
Marko also offered his perspective on McLaren\u2019s approach to managing its drivers, particularly in a season where both are in contention for the drivers\u2019 championship.<\/p>\n
He highlighted that the team\u2019s decision not to implement team orders has worked in their favour \u2014 though he cautioned that the situation could become more complex if the championship battle tightens.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs long as you are so dominant, you can stay ahead without team orders,\u201d Marko said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s very sporting that they haven\u2019t used them yet. But when things get tighter, it\u2019s certainly a disadvantage if two top drivers take points away from each other.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut that\u2019s not the case at the moment. With the lead they have, they\u2019re not risking anything.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Helmut Marko has praised Oscar Piastri’s mentality and nerve. Image: XPB Images Piastri has emerged as the standout…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76984,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,4405,806,805,803,804,2333,22708,7499,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-76983","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-helmut-marko","11":"tag-motor","12":"tag-motor-sports","13":"tag-motosport","14":"tag-motosports","15":"tag-oscar-piastri","16":"tag-slot1_f1","17":"tag-slot4","18":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}