He hardly took the lead in the World Formula 1 world championship for the first time in his career than Oscar Piastri already received questions about his future! On the occasion of the arrival of the Grand Cirque of Formula 1 at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, ESPN (official F1 broadcaster in the United States) questioned the Australian on the 500 miles of Indianapolis. The 109th edition of the Indiana classic will take place on May 25, the same day as the Monaco Grand Prix. The example of Fernando Alonso, who has tried his luck three times for two race participations is not exactly the one that Piastri would like to follow in the future …
” No, it’s not for me. First, my dreams and objectives have always been in F1. I am very happy to be there for the moment. And then these types are crazy! The speeds they reach, so close to the walls … You really have to have a lot of confidence in the pilots around you. »»
Michael Schumacher in his time or the quadruple world champion Max Verstappen have already explained that he was not tempted by the American adventure. Oscar Piastri also sees it with a bad eye from the point of view of security, the 33 single -seaters traveling the 800 kilometers of racing between the walls at more than 350 km/h on average. The n ° 81 remains however an attentive spectator of the Indy 500, once its race ended in Monaco!
-“Having an accident in a Formula 1, at the speeds where we are going, it hurts. If we add 35 or 40 km/h, knowing that they are already going 30 km/h as fast in average speed than our top speed … It is not a question of knowing if it will hurt, it is a question of how much it will hurt. I am very happy with my car and my Formula 1 circuits, and I am very happy to look at the 500 miles of Indianapolis. »»
To see if his teammate Lando Norris, who has already admitted wanting to participate in the Indy 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans later in his career, will make him want to try the adventure. The Briton already has experience on the speedway in virtual, when he had participated in the races organized by Indycar on Iracing, during the first confinement in 2020.
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