'We did see in qualifying in Jeddah a super lap from him to get him into the top 10 and start eighth on the grid. 'I think we saw in Jeddah some real fight and some real spirit from Piastri,' he said.
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Piastri, pictured in his McLaren MCL60 in Jeddah, had a brilliant qualifying run in the Saudi Arabian GP despite car troublesĬroft said flourishing in the poor McLaren car last GP showed he has what it takes to be one of the top drivers on the grid. 'He's racing at the rear of the field at the moment, but when McLaren bring upgrades hopefully that will propel him a bit further forward.' They're last in the Constructers Championship. 'He has come into a McLaren team at not a great time for McLaren. Like Charles Leclerc and George Russell, he won the two main feeder systems in F3 and F2 in consecutive years. 'As a racing driver, he is absolutely the real deal.
'Let's put this into context, Oscar Piastri was born a month after Fernando Alonso made his F1 debut in the same city,' he laughed. He won the Eurocup, Formula 3 and Formula 2 Championships in successive years, and now aged just 21 is already finding himself in the top 10 of qualifying despite driving one of the worst cars on the grid.Ĭroft said that really underscored how impressive what the Aussie has already achieved is. The Melbournite started racing remote-controlled cars at a national level before beginning his career in 2011 at the Oakleigh go karting club. While he has shown a lot of promise in his first two races to start his F1 career, Piastri has been hobbled by the slow and unreliable McLarenĪs Piastri prepares to race in the city we was born and raised in, many voices in racing are speaking about just how impressive that rise through the ranks has been.
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