McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown has actually advised perseverance from Oscar Piastri’s home assistance as the Australian gets up to speed at Albert Park this weekend.
Piastri has actually sustained a tough start to his F1 profession and sits at the foot of the drivers’ table after the opening 2 races.
But the 21-year-old is far from being completely to blame for this offered his retirement in Bahrain was because of an electrical issue, and his race in Saudi Arabia was all however ended by contact on lap one as Pierre Gasly squeezed him versus the wall.
Asked about McLaren’s expectations for Piastri this weekend throughout the opening Supercars session, Brown said: “He’s a cool cat.
“He’s never ever been around here prior to, so he’s done a great deal of simulator time.
“It’s not a simple track so he’ll take a bit of time to get utilized to it.
“Hopefully we’ll have a good car – we had a good car here in 2015 – and get our season began here in Aussie.”
A very first for Piastri
In order to reach F1, most of drivers are needed to transfer to Europe and race in the more standard feeder series.
This is precisely what Piastri did when he transferred to the United Kingdom in 2016, contending in the UAE F4 champion in the past, the list below year, racing versus Williams novice Logan Sargeant in British F4.
Asked if this is his very first race on home soil, Piastri said: “It is, yeah.
“So, the last time I raced in Australia, I was still in go-karts. I believe it was 7 years back now. So yeah, good to go out on a racetrack in Oz.
“(It’s) really, really unique, clearly. To race in my home nation and likewise, like you said, my home town too.
“I played Aussie Rules footy and cricket on a few of the ovals that are now the paddock, so yeah, really unique to be at home this weekend.”
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