System 1 | McLaren, very difficult race for Piastri in Japan

The eighth position of Plate a Suzuka certainly not welcomed by the Australian driver. The young talent of McLaren expected much more from the performance of MCL38 at the Japanese track, where last year the Woking team reached the podium with both cars. It is obvious that the pace was not up to par, with the existing forces compared to 2023, Red Bull aside, they have changed a lot, at least in this first part of the season. Passing him suffered Russell The end was the icing on the particularly delicious cake.

“It was a very difficult afternoon – admitted Piastri after yesterday’s race. Things didn’t go together perfectly, we didn’t fight for the positions we wanted and expected. Anyway, we take four points home but we should learn a lot from what happened here in Suzuka. Now we are going back to the factory so that we can focus our full attention on the Chinese Grand Prix, there we will try to get something more, we want valuable points for the team.”