Oscar Piastri finished fifth in the Mexico Grand Prix, but lost the F1 championship lead to team-mate Lando Norris

Oscar Piastri admitted he was dumbfounded at his lack of pace after another difficult qualifying session for the F1 championship leader. Piastri, who has a 14-point lead over McLaren teammate Lando Norris and 40 points ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, has endured a poor run of form and Saturday at the Mexico GP was no different.

The F1 championship leader will start the Mexican Grand Prix down in seventh after his McLaren team-mate qualified on pole

Oscar Piastri hopes his past experiences can help him in the F1 championship as he prepares for the Mexican Grand Prix.

Oscar Piastri finished fifth in the Mexico Grand Prix on Sunday (local time) as teammate Lando Norris won the race and overtook the Aussie in the championship race by just one point. The P5 finish for Piastri might have been a step in the right direction after he started seventh on the grid,

Oscar Piastri no longer has Lando Norris only to worry about in the Drivers' Championship hunt, with Max Verstappen back on the scene.

Yesterday, it became obvious that after the session that there were a few things I need to change pretty majorly in how I was driving.”

Oscar Piastri revealed he has needed to “drive very differently” in the past few races as he licks his wounds after seeing his championship lead disappear at the Mexican Grand Prix.