Oscar Piastri claims McLaren hasn’t done ‘anything special’ despite taking things ‘up a notch’

McLaren is currently the third fastest team on the 2024 Formula 1 grid.

Oscar Piastri claims McLaren hasn’t done ‘anything special’ despite taking things ‘up a notch’

Oscar Piastri (via IMAGO)

The McLaren crew has started the 2024 season in great fashion. Woking has already scored a race win against Red Bull’s highly dominant campaign. Additionally, the team has more potential to unlock with the planned in-season upgrades to the MCL38. However, McLaren’s Oscar Piastri believes he personally hasn’t done anything special for the team so far in the season.

Oscar Piastri had started his rookie season off in a great manner after scoring a sprint race victory. Hence, the fans had great hopes for the two youngsters at McLaren. Upon the team’s ever-growing pace, Piastri reckoned that it was great to try to improve performance over the already promising results. The Australian didn’t hesitate to acknowledge that he didn’t do anything special for the team yet.

So the last few weekends have been good to try and get on top of that. But I don't think I've done anything special.
Oscar Piastri said, as reported by racingnews365.com.
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Apart from this, the 24-year-old declared that even the McLaren crew hadn’t done anything special since the start of the season. According to Piastri, Woking’s engineers just got the car in a great window, especially with the upgrades. As a result, the Aussie pointed out that the team was taking it up a notch in terms of performing at the pinnacle of motorsport.

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I don't think as a team we've really done anything special. We've just got the car in a good window. And with the upgrades, clearly it's performing well. So yeah, I think we're all just taking it up a notch.
Oscar Piastri added.

Oscar Piastri claims he’s taken a ‘good step forward’ since the previous season

Oscar Piastri finished in P9 in the drivers’ championship during his rookie season in F1. The Australian driver was even one-up on his teammate Lando Norris after scoring the sprint win. However, the start of the 2024 season was completely different as Woking improved a lot on their performance from the get-go.

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Hence, Piastri reckoned that there were a few good moments here and there since the start of the season. Additionally, the 24-year-old mentioned that the first few rounds were very promising for the constructor. As a whole, the Australian believes that he has taken a good step forward in multiple areas since the past season. However, Piastri also claimed that he still lacked the consistency to be able to give it his all during a race weekend.

I think there have been good moments here and there, even at the start of the season. I think the first few rounds were quite promising, a couple of difficult races in the middle, but on the whole, I feel like I've taken a good step forward in quite a few areas from last year. I think it's just been the consistency that's really been the missing thing.
Oscar Piastri noted.

The Woking-based team has been continuously closing in on the rival teams in the constructors’ championship. The top order of the teams could put forth a great racing action down the season for the championship. Hence, Piastri and Co. just have to keep up with the in-season upgrades to win the development wars against the competitors.

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