McLaren driver Oscar Piatri has acquired a striking, reserved style that hardly changes – regardless of whether he wins or fails. But according to him, everything is not always the way it seems.
McLaren-Pilot Oscar Piatri has adopted a emphasized style in his Formula 1 career. Therefore, from the outside, he always seems to be in the same mood, regardless of whether he gains or has to give up a race.
But the four -time racing winner emphasizes that there are things that you don’t see under the helmet. In Saudi Arabia, he revealed journalists in his relaxed way that he often keeps his feelings to himself during a race weekend.
Between euphoria and self -control
“I was emotional a few times in the course of my career. And if they are negative emotions, then they definitely have a negative influence,” explains Piatri. “I think it is up to a certain extent in my blood, staying calm and being relaxed – but there is also a lot of conscious effort behind it.”
But not only negative feelings accompany the McLaren pilot by the wayside. After he won his first win of the season in China and shortly afterwards triumphed in Bahrain, he was only three points behind his team -mate Lando Norris. Some experts now even keep him for the favorite in the World Cup fight.
“Of course there are also positive emotions,” he says. “After the China race, I said: if you could have seen my face – I was damn excited.”
No outbreaks of emotions in Piatri
As far as showing feelings, Piatri admits that he does not always open how he really is – not even to his team. “The radio has a button, and you use it when you think it is appropriate. There is certainly more that you don’t see under the helmet. But that’s my approach.”
Piatris statements follow just a few weeks after a heated debate about how Formula 1 drivers deal with emotions. The trigger was racing bulls pilot Isack Hadjar and his accident on the way to the starting line-up during the race in Australia.
Hajdar could not hold back his tears afterwards and was then publicly criticized by Red Bull’s motorsport consultant Helmut Marko (“It was embarrassing”) because he had shown his vulnerable side. Several drivers, including Lewis Hamilton, then protected themselves in front of the Formula 1 rookie.