Oscar Piastri warns McLaren fans not to have too high expectations of their team yet. The papayas surprised not only the competition but also themselves with their 1-2 during the sprint in Miami, but also saw that close competitor Mercedes had not yet brought major upgrades. ‘We will have to wait and see how much their upgrade package for Canada will matter,’ said Piastri.
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McLaren defeated both Ferraris in Miami and thus became the closest challenger to leader Mercedes during the main race in Florida. Although both Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri fell short of eventual winner Andrea Kimi Antonelli, the two drivers secured important championship points for McLaren with two podium finishes.
“It will be interesting to see,” said Piastri about the order this season, to the media present. “I think we first have to wait and see how we as McLaren will perform on a few different circuits. Especially in this weekend’s sprint race, it was quite a surprise for us that we achieved a 1-2 based on pure speed. So it’s going well. We expected the upgrades to be a good step forward, and they have been, and hopefully that will be the case again in Canada.”
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Cautious
Still, Piastri remains cautious, because according to the Australian, Mercedes will strike back. “Mercedes clearly did not bring many upgrades during this weekend (in Miami, ed.), and they also have an upgrade package for Canada, so we will have to wait and see how much that is worth.” In addition, Formula 1 moves to Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, a track that suited the Silver Arrows well in the past. “We have to wait,” said Piastri. “Because even on a track that doesn’t suit their car (Miami, ed.), they were very fast.”
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