14/07/2025 06:30
Oscar Piastri has explained his reluctance to follow McLaren
team-mate Lando Norris in using McLaren's new front suspension. At
the Canadian GP, McLaren introduced a fresh front suspension
design, but only Norris has adopted the new part, with Piastri
opting to stay with the old specification. Norris has spoken at
times in the first half of the season of struggling for feeling
from the front of the car, with the Canada upgrade helping him to
find some of the feeling he enjoyed from the 2024 car. Using it,
Norris was able to secure back-to-back wins for the first time in
his career in Austria and Britain to reduce Piastri's title lead to
just eight points. Norris himself believes that the difference in
front suspensions has been overblown, as Piastri explained why he
has not followed his team-mate's decision "I have not used it,
ever," Piastri told media, including RacingNews365. "The thing is,
for me, it's not an upgrade, it is just something which is
different, and it makes some things potentially better. "It makes
some things a bit worse, and if it were just all benefits, I would
be putting it on the car, no questions asked. "But for me, I've not
struggled with that particular feeling; the year has been going
pretty well. "I am more keen to just keep the car consistent and
worry about how we get the most out of the set-up and other
upgrades than changing the suspension."
