Piastri: The first races are just as important as the last ones.

      After two stages of the season, Oscar Piastri takes fourth place in the individual standings, ten points behind teammate Lando Norris. On Thursday in Suzuka, the Australian McLaren driver said that too few races had passed yet to pay attention to the situation in the championship.

      "Of course, I want to reduce the gap that I have," says Oscar Piastri. – But there are still twenty-two races ahead, and if you start thinking about the number of points now, it will be a very nervous year.

      You can win and lose at the beginning of the season, but you can also win and lose at the end of the year. The first six races are just as important as the last six. There have been many seasons in my career when I looked at the number of points and saw where I lost. In general, it's not so important when the points were lost, it's more important that they were lost during the season.

      That's why it's important, when the weekend is not going well, to try to make the most of the situation anyway."