After another defeat to Norris, Piastri responds on his title chances

21:41, 08 Nov

Updated: 22:48, 08 Nov

byNorberto Mujica

Oscar Piastri has revealed the issues that saw place in P4 during qualifying for the Brazilian GP are new, but he remains steadfast in his self-belief to win races and the championship.

"So [I'm] just trying to take any lesson I can, and there's quite a few of them at the moment."

- Oscar Piastri.

Despite seemingly being in contention for pole during the last moments in Q3, the Australia had to concede to Andrea Kimi Antonelli's, Charles Leclerc's, and also to teammate and title rivla Lando norris's superiority.

Piastri came from some tough outings in the U.S. and Mexico, but he claims the issues that are capping his performance in Brazil are of a different nature.

He said: "I think Austin and Mexico, there was clearly some things to learn and just some things that I wasn't very naturally comfortable with that I had to adapt to.

Photo: Race Pictures

"And I think this weekend, certainly yesterday, things felt much, much more normal. From the first lap of practice I felt comfortable, the lap time was coming easily. I think today was a little bit more tricky in terms of the conditions and just trying to get everything out of it.

"But, I don't think there's kind of been the same issues this weekend, let's say. So, yeah, I've still got the belief that I can go out and win races and win the championship."

Despite that, though, he states things are not going his way in the home stretch of the season, admitting that at the moment there are "quite a few lessons' for him to learn.

Photo: Race Pictures

He continued: "Obviously things are not coming as easy as I'd like at the moment.

"I think ultimately I want to be able to learn. what's been lacking in different sessions, and it's not always been the same thing. And I think once I know that and I sort that out, then that's going to give me much more satisfaction than if I hang on for a good result or something like that.

"So for me, just trying to understand as much as I can, learn as much as I can, is going to be helpful for not just this year, but for the rest of my career too. So just trying to take any lesson I can, and there's quite a few of them at the moment," he concluded.

The Australian driver is currently 9 points behind Norris as the pair chase their maiden F1 title.

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