McLaren driver Oscar Piastri is confident he is in a “strong place” to attack the final ten rounds of the 2024 season.
The second-year driver has enjoyed a breakthrough season so far, taking his maiden grand prix victory in the Hungarian Grand Prix as well as three other podium finishes.
Piastri headed into the summer break with significant momentum, having scored more than any driver in the championship over the five rounds leading into the shutdown, aside from Lewis Hamilton.
“I think definitely the last few weeks have been very strong from my side,” Piastri said. “I think honestly the whole season’s been pretty good.
“A couple of weekends in the middle of the year were a bit tricky. Japan and China mainly were pretty tough – and obviously Barcelona – but I feel like all the other races have been quite strong. It’s just that we’ve had a lot of things that haven’t been going our way in some ways. Whether it’s interesting track limit penalties or crashes or mistakes, there’s always kind of been things and I feel like the last few weekends I have been able to tidy it up.”
After taking a race win in Hungary before finishing second to Hamilton in the latest round of the championship at Spa-Francorchamps, Piastri says he is pleased with how much his performances improved over those two latest races compared to at the same venue in his rookie year.
“I feel like I’ve taken a step forward from last year, definitely,” he said. “I think in these tricky, kind of, races like this, last year I was struggling in a race like this.
“I feel like I’ve made good progress and obviously the car is very quick as well. So I feel like I’m gaining some nice momentum, which is good, but I know how quickly it can turn around and go the other way as well.
“I just keep trying to build on it, but I feel like I’m in a strong place.”
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