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Guenther Steiner does not envisage Oscar Piastri’s poor Azerbaijan Grand Prix will be detrimental to his confidence as the F1 drivers’ championship enters its closing stages.
Guenther Steiner, the former Haas F1 team principal, believes that Oscar Piastri will not have his confidence weakened despite his challenging weekend in Azerbaijan Grand Prix where he crashed in both qualifying and the race, and was also penalized for a jump start.
Piastri still holds a 25-point lead in the F1 drivers’ championship standings over Lando Norris, mainly due to McLaren’s underwhelming performance in Baku.
Steiner trusts that Piastri, who has shown minimal errors in his career so far, will bounce back at the upcoming Singapore Grand Prix.
Despite Max Verstappen’s recent wins and resurgence in the title race, Steiner thinks McLaren’s current performance superiority will be hard for Red Bull to match in the final races of the season.
While acknowledging Verstappen’s potential, Steiner believes that the gap between him and Piastri is too significant for a late-season comeback, making McLarens the stronger contenders for the championship.
