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Piastri: McLaren needs 'two steps forward, one step back' to fix its car

Oscar Piastri says McLaren must take two steps forward and one back to understand the car, and that the MCL40 has to be driven as though every lap is qualifying. Out of the title fight, he notes the team sit level on 355 points with Red Bull but fourth on countback.

By RedaçãoPublished: 10/30/2026, 24:02

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Oscar Piastri está fora da briga pelo título, mas vê muita coisa que vale perseguir nas rodadas finais: fins de semana melhores nos circuitos que sempre o incomodaram, uma leitura de verdade do último pacote de atualizações da McLaren e um carro de 2027 menos nervoso de guiar.

A equipe está instalando suas últimas atualizações em etapas, começando por uma nova geometria de suspensão dianteira e ajustes no difusor traseiro no GP dos Estados Unidos, com mais peças a chegar conforme ficam prontas. Se as mudanças realmente elevam o teto de desempenho ainda é algo não medido, e o problema de fundo não mudou: o MCL40 precisa ser guiado como se toda volta fosse classificatória.

“Definitivamente eu tenho de guiar muito diferente agora do que precisei”, disse. “Tem sido um processo desafiador de atravessar e houve sinais positivos.” “Austin foi um pouco um passo atrás, mas às vezes você precisa dar dois passos à frente e um atrás para se encontrar e experimentar coisas.”

Ele e Lando Norris estão os dois lutando com um carro que reage mal a ondulações, vento e variáveis parecidas. “O carro está mais rápido agora do que antes de Austin”, acrescentou, “mas obviamente nossos concorrentes também são muito rápidos, então sabemos que ainda temos terreno a recuperar.”

Questionado de onde vem a sensibilidade, Piastri listou menos downforce, os pneus deste ano e um pelotão que caminhou para corridas com estilo classificatório. “Se é algo específico da McLaren, a gente vai descobrir ano que vem, provavelmente”, disse.

Há também a briga entre construtores: a McLaren tem os mesmos 355 pontos da Red Bull, mas é quarta nos critérios de desempate, já que a Red Bull venceu mais corridas, incluindo a sprint de Singapura.

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