Oscar Piastri insists he’ll try his best to ‘win driver’s championship’ amidst Lando Norris’ pursuit of Max Verstappen
Oscar Piastri has so far managed to amass 179 points in the driver's standings.
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Max Verstappen, Lando Norris, and Oscar Piastri (Via: Imago)
The fight for the 2024 Driver’s Championship has turned into an extremely heated affair. Lando Norris is only 70 points behind Max Verstappen and while they are continuously at it, Oscar Piastri has also got his eyes glued on the big prize.
The Australian is currently in fourth place in the Championship standings. He has so far amassed 179 points and is quite a way back from Lando Norris and Max Verstappen. The duo has so far put on board 225 and 295 respectively.
However, despite the gap to the top two, Oscar Piastri is willing to give the Championship tussle his best shot in the remaining nine races.
If there's an opportunity for myself, to win the drivers' standings, then I'll try my best to make sure I'm there.Oscar Piastri via Sky Sports
Piastri via his comment, has made his intentions crystal clear to all his rivals. He has all the skills in his arsenal to make a solid case for himself in the remaining races, moreover, he could take vital points away from Norris and Verstappen in their battle at the top.
Oscar Piastri envisions a ‘pretty interesting’ 2024 Italian GP
While Oscar Piastri has one of his eyes set on the bigger world championship picture, he is fully focused on the task at hand around the Autodromo Nazionale Monza circuit. The 23-year-old ended his Friday running with a pretty solid fourth place in Free Practice 2.
Keeping in view the overall happenings on track, Piastri feels everyone is in for an interesting Italian GP.
We had a decent Friday, I think the pace looks pretty solid. It’s going to be very difficult on the tyres for everybody, so we’ll work hard to make sure we’re ready to maximize our performance, and we’ll see what happens on race day. I think it’s going to be a pretty interesting race compared to what we might normally have in Monza.Oscar Piastri via McLaren
The McLaren F1 team currently has the fastest car on the 2024 grid. Red Bull is facing its struggles at the moment, and after Friday’s running, Mercedes and Ferrari are looking extremely strong.
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton topped the timing charts with a blistering lap of 1:20:738 in FP2 and George Russell was also in P6 despite not having many laps around the revamped Monza. Taking into consideration everything that has been discussed, today’s qualifying session will be vitally important for Piastri and Norris.
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