‘World championship material’: McLaren’s massive praise for Piastri
His recent form has only reinforced that assessment, with the Melburnian shining since McLaren overhauled its car to propel itself into the frontrunning group.
Team principal Andrea Stella, who engineered Michael Schumacher, Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso during his previous career at Ferrari, explained that Piastri is exhibiting all the key traits of a title-calibre driver.. “Drivers who have the potential to become world championship material need to have a natural speed, which we saw straightaway.
“We saw this straightaway in testing but also in the early races of the season, and then it became more apparent as the car became competitive that he can compete at the top of Formula 1. Piastri’s return to action after the summer break at the Dutch Grand Prix delivered lukewarm results at a weekend of mixed conditions.
The strategy eventually swung back in his favour, catapulting him deep into the points, but a lockup in the dry forced him into a pit stop that reversed all his gains, leaving him ninth at the flag. “The good news is that the car was again quite competitive, so we will review where we could have improved and go again in Italy.”McLaren has been careful to play down expectations for this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix, where Monza’s long straights and top-speed priority will hurt the MCL60 excess drag.
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