Zak Brown says it was 'clear' to McLaren they needed Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris to swap positions during the Japanese GP.
, Piastri accepted that his race pace on the day wasn’t as “strong” as it should’ve been.
“The first stint it felt like everyone was driving extremely slowly and then when I tried to push a bit more the tyres didn’t really let me go much faster. So a few things to work on there and yeah, just pace overall in the races. “So yeah, I think pace, I think the one lap pace especially in last few weekends has been a good improvement from the start of the year but definitely, in these kinds of races, the race pace is still an area to improve.”“That was resolved relatively quickly,” he told Sky Deutschland. “Lando was on fresher tyres and was behind Russell the whole time.
Voted ‘Driver of the ‘Day’ by Formula 1 viewers, Piastri is emerging as a fan favourite and he’s also starting to make himself comfortable in Norris’ “house”.
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