Piastri’s points gap not “comfortable” yet despite Dutch GP boost

Oscar Piastri says his points lead over team mate Lando Norris doesn’t feel comfortable yet despite his strong result in the Dutch Grand Prix.

The championship leader won while Norris failed to score following a late failure on his car. Piastri’s lead now stands at 34 points, the biggest margin either driver has had all year.

However with nine rounds remaining, three of which are sprint events and offer extra points, Piastri says there’s “still a long way to go” in the championship fight.

“I need to keep pushing and trying to win races still. I wouldn’t say it’s a very comfortable margin.

“As we saw today, it can change with one DNF [did not finish] very, very quickly. So, this far from the end of the year, it’s not a comfortable gap.”

Piastri led throughout the race and looked set to lead a one-two for McLaren until Norris unexpectedly retired seven laps from home.

“It felt like I was in control the whole time,” said the race winner. “The restarts are always tough moments to get right, but I felt in control.

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“Obviously, the ending was unfortunate for Lando and the team to not have a one-two when I think we really deserved it. But from my side, I’m very proud of the week we put together and being quick when it mattered.”

Norris was fastest throughout the three practice sessions but Piastri beat him to pole position by a hundredth of a second. He said that turnaround made his victory especially satisfying.

“Qualifying was the key this weekend. Through the free practice sessions it was looking like a difficult Zandvoort again.

“But we chipped away, tried to find time, tweaked the car here and there, but just tried to really improve how I was driving. Because, let’s be honest, it’s pretty hard to complain about the car we’ve got.

“I just tried to chip away with that and it came good when it mattered. And through the race today, I felt like I had good pace as well and used that when I needed to.

“So I’m massively proud of firstly myself, but also the whole team around me in turning it around from 12 months ago.”

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