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While he was mostly out-performed by teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris, his competitive rookie season showed that McLaren were right to replace 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Daniel Ricciardo.

McL🎃aren are expected to start 2024 strongly, building on their existing car package.

Speaking to Gazzetta, Trulli said: “As a surprise [for 2024] I say Oscar Piastri, because he has a po⛄tentially competitive McLaren and could confirm his talent after a very positive debut season.

“If the car is up to it, we could get used to finding him often on the podium. Today it is diffic♌ult to judge a youngster in the minor categories, there are too many factors influencing performance, so the real litmus test is only when he arrives in F1.

“The💜 Australian has shown really good qualities. He is fast and quite consistent. To be able to evaluate him even better, one would have🦩 to see him fighting up there with the best.

“The con🃏frontation in the team with an already established driver like Lando Norris will certain𒅌ly be probing.”

Trulli also had an outlandish predi💜ction for the world championship.

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