The fact of having suddenly converted into the pilot to win does not scare the Australian at all Oscar Piastri24 years, leader of the world classification aboard a McLaren.
Winning three races of the five played on the 24th of the F1 World Championship of 2025 is an unexpected way to start the season.
It is true that there is still a lot of bread to slice, but the young Australian pilot has entered stepping strongly and it is a great challenge to be able to fall with all the pressure that now falls on him.
In the classification of Friday at the Grand Prix of F1 Crypto.com of MiamiPiastri was in the first place and that was like a statement that what has been achieving is no accident.
“I enjoy being the leader and being hunted because that is normally that you are hacienda something well,” said Piastri. “I am very relaxed, the advantage is very small and we are barely in the fifth round and the sixth comes.”
In 2024, Piastri arrived in the 13th place in Miami and his teammate Lando Norris, 25, took the title, achieved his first victory in F1 and broke the paternity that Max Verstappen had exercised, in the Netherlands, in the first two editions of the F1 World Championship in the Hard Rock Stadium.
Piastri knows who will be his greatest rival in Miami.
“I think Lando,” the Australian predicted. “We are in the same team, therefore I know the power of the car. Lando is not a slow pilot, therefore you have to see what happens.”
The Australian stressed that the Red Bull have been very close, but the McLaren are very consistent.
“Miami will be another challenge with its high temperatures, its interesting asphalt and surface and its low speed circuit,” Piastri defined. “That will be the factor this weekend.”
Norris, meanwhile, does not want to argue when asked about internal battle for the world title with his teammate.
“Oscar has very deserved everything he has achieved,” said Norris. “We are just at the beginning of the season and nothing is defined.”
Shield changes
The Spanish Carlos Sainz left his post in Ferrari to the septuple world champion, the British Lewis Hamilton.
Sainz ties the 14th position of the world classification of pilots with five points.
“When one changes equipment, absolutely everything changes, demand is extreme, much more than people think,” explained the Spanish. “You have to be in the simulator and in the factory trying to learn as much as possible about the car.”
Meanwhile, Hamilton has had ups and downs in Ferrari. He won the sprint in China and then nothing better than a fifth place.
