{"id":236912,"date":"2025-10-19T18:58:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T18:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/236912\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T18:58:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T18:58:49","slug":"mclaren-explains-why-oscar-piastri-has-been-struggling-at-f1-us-gp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/236912\/","title":{"rendered":"McLaren explains why Oscar Piastri has been struggling at F1 US GP"},"content":{"rendered":"

McLaren<\/a> Formula 1 team principal Andrea Stella says \u201ca couple of features\u201d explain Oscar Piastri<\/a>\u2019s atypically uncompetitive pace this weekend at the United States Grand Prix<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Piastri was three tenths down on team-mate Lando Norris<\/a> in free practice and both qualifying sessions, marking some of his worst drives of the season in terms of one-lap pace.<\/p>\n

The championship leader lamented a lack of confidence in the car due to its unpredictability, which Stella confirmed while explaining Piastri hasn\u2019t made his usual progress as the weekend goes on.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOscar has been a couple of tenths behind Lando in pretty much all sessions, while in reality we are used to seeing an Oscar that catches and develops through the weekend,\u201d the Italian pointed out. \u201cSo if anything, this is what has been missing so far.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it’s been a bit of an untidy event with missing the sprint [due to the first-lap collision] and for Oscar that needed to find some confidence, pushing the car when you have this low level of grip, the bumps, hot temperature and also very windy. So you do have to get in tune with your car to understand how much you can push.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was an interesting comment by Oscar echoed by Lando \u2013 they said, \u2018today the car needs to be driven at the limit of locking the four tyres\u2019. Like, if you just drive too gentle because you can’t cope with a wind gust or you just want to have a prudent approach to driving, you’re not going to generate lap time. So you sort of have to lean onto the limit. And if you lean onto the limit, you need to have a certain rhythm and a certain confidence.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo if anything, this is this aspect that is missing on Oscar’s side, but when it’s so tight, then from a positional point of view, a couple of tenths may cost five positions on the grid. So I think we see a little bit of rhythm for Oscar, but also we see the implications of how tight the field is at this stage of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Oscar Piastri, McLaren<\/p>\n

Photo by: Jared C. Tilton\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Piastri\u2019s struggle led to a lowly sixth position on today\u2019s starting grid \u2013 his second-lowest this season after Baku, where he crashed in Q3.<\/p>\n

The Australian has scored just 27 points since the start of September, with championship rivals Norris and Verstappen on 39 and 76 respectively, meaning the title race is tighter than it had been for a long time.<\/p>\n

However, Piastri refuted the idea that the tide was turning to his team-mate\u2019s advantage in terms of performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cHere has been a struggle for me; I don’t feel like I’ve made any major mistakes or from a driving side of things, you know, it’s just not clicked,\u201d he said. \u201cIt’s not been so much of overdriving, I just haven’t felt comfortable with the car really. So I think that’s been the story of this weekend, but I don’t think it’s been the story of the last few.\u201d<\/p>\n

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