If there is an F1 pilot whose rating has been mounted in recent days, it is Oscar Piastri.
Mark Webber, the manager of Piastri, believes that the McLaren driver has raised his level of play this season and this was confirmed by his comfortable victory at the Bahrain Grand Prix, a weekend when he dominated Lando Norris.
Will it become the norm this year? Will Piastri take advantage of the doubts that Norris openly expresses on himself or on his ability to control a sometimes tracking MCL39?
This is obviously what the former Red Bull driver hopes when the title struggle could be summed up in a confrontation between the two McLaren pilots. But the Australian remains cautious in his words.
“Four victories, 13 podiums, so early in his career, it is obviously a major asset,” Answers webber to F1 Nation when asked if the confidence of his pilot is at the highest.
“As we know, we can have the machine, but it is often difficult to materialize these opportunities.”
“He immediately chained the two pole positions, so I think what we see early in his career is a good job so far.”
“All his victories, when we have the chance to win some as he has already done, can be a little different, and this in Bahrain was probably the most comfortable he has ever won, but there will be others more stressful in the future.”
“This weekend went very well for him. It is a circuit which, once again, asked to do good work of settings, as in Shanghai, and he won these two races, which is another positive point.”
Asked about Piastri’s progress on the exercise of qualifications (pole position in China and Bahrain), webber added: “Yes, I think it is, as a Formula 1 pilot, an essential element of your profession. He knows it well: over your journey, facing Max, Charles [Leclerc]Lando, Lewis [Hamilton]like these pilots in the first years, there is seriousness in front of him on a tour. “
“And to summarize, we know how delicate it is to manage these cars and these tires on Saturday. Thanks to his intelligence and his understanding of his improvement needs, he progressed. But as I tell him, it is on the day of retirement that we have more experience, so we must continue to learn.”
