Piastri echoes call for hardware changes: 'Can't fix problems without that'

Asked about the tweaks to the regulations for the upcoming Miami Grand Prix, the Australian sees the positives, but believes that larger changes will be necessary to address the issues the drivers currently have. He said in Miami: "Yeah, I think the collaboration’s been good and trying to make changes, I think they’re a step in the right direction. How far they go to helping the problems, you’re never going to fix the problems without changing the hardware of the power units, but I think it’s a step in the right direction. How much it helps, we’ll have to wait and see. But certainly, some of the tweaks are a good step forward, which is good to see."

Piastri's team boss, Andrea Stella, also mentioned changes to the hardware as a solution teams should look at. Piastri continued: "I think at the moment there are a lot of options on the table, I would imagine, and the discussions are at a far higher level than drivers. It’s talking about team bosses and bosses of the biggest car manufacturers in the world, so it’s certainly above my level. But I think, as we’ve said, as a sport, where the automotive industry was when these rules were conceived versus where it is now, they’re two very different places.