F1 rookie Oscar Piastri will be a 'future world champion' based on his early 2023 performances, according to McLaren boss Zak Brown Full story ⬇️
a year before his contract was due to expire to secure the services of Piastri, who won the Formula Renault Eurocup , FIA F3 and F2 titles on his climb up the junior single-seater ladder.
While this season's McLaren MCL60 has been hamstrung by excessive drag and is sensitive to changing balance when facing low-grip conditions, Piastri was able to score his first F1 points with eighth place in his home race in Australia.Piastri's campaign has also been blighted by an electrical fault that forced him to retire from the Bahrain opener and a brake-by-wire failure last time out in Miami.
But McLaren Racing CEO Brown reckons he has already seen enough to declare Piastri an F1 champion of the future, so long as the Woking team can provide him with more competitive machinery. Brown said:"We're very impressed with him. He's very focused. He's not really made any big mistakes. [Just the] typical exploring of the limits, so the odd lock of a wheel here and there.
"He's not been to all these [circuits used so far in 2023] so early indications are we've got a future world champion on our hands.
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