George… the real stuff

[PRO5T]

budgie smuggler said:

why risk taking yourself out when it's clear he's much faster and you could take an easy second.

Because if he takes out someone who is (albeit a distant) second in the championship he helps his own championship-the points gap remains the same but the chance to win points diminishes for his competitor.

He played it like a dream in 2021 against Hamilton. This time he got even luckier, his competitor retired and he was able to continue and score extra points.

[SoulGlo]

isaldiri said:

While piastri has done pretty well since arriving at McLaren and has a very strong junior formula career to back him up, I'm not sure why there seems to be quite that much confidence that he is 'definitely the real deal' at times. He's consistently proven a good bit slower than Norris so at the moment, if one terms him as 'very impressive', his teammate that is outperforming him should be considered doubly so.....

Only his second season against a very quick experienced driver.

I think one of his best qualities is his calmness while driving. Never gets angry or flustered on the radio. Can pull out a very quick single lap. Just needs to be better with tyres and race pace consistency.

Some journo called him a silent assassin which suit him well I think.

[isaldiri]

SoulGlo said:

Only his second season against a very quick experienced driver.

I think one of his best qualities is his calmness while driving. Never gets angry or flustered on the radio. Can pull out a very quick single lap. Just needs to be better with tyres and race pace consistency.

Some journo called him a silent assassin which suit him well I think.

I agree piastri does come across as very calm and unflustered which is quite remarkable for his experience but again, how much does a driver getting all wound up and ranty on the radio matter? Hamilton/Alonso/Verstappen all can and do get quite tetchy at times after all. The issue for piastri is that he’s slower and sometimes a lot slower in races than his teammate - he’s got to be starting to close that gap regardless of how well Norris is doing as you’re always compared to your teammate….

[Forester1965]

He's been racing at a high level in Europe for 8 years. He should be calm and unflustered driving a racing car.

[Jasandjules]

Forester1965 said:

He's been racing at a high level in Europe for 8 years. He should be calm and unflustered driving a racing car.

Yes but there have been some radio calls from him that show he is level headed. For example there was a situation where someone nearly sliced his front wing off and the engineer asked for something trying to get a rise for the Stewards and he just said something like "yeah that seemed a bit naughty".. Other drivers (and their TPs) might have been suggesting the guy was a f***ng idiot, tried to kill me etc.etc