Ex-F1 driver Jolyon Palmer has praised 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Oscar Piastri for having the “calmest head” in F1.

Piastri currently leads t💦he F1 drivers’ championship by 10 points.

The McLaren driver has won five of the opening nine races, three more than teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris.

Piastri has enjoyed aꦫ remarkable turnaround compared to last year, 𒁃particularly in qualifying.

In 202🐻5, Piastri has out-qualified Norris five times - one more than the✃ entirety of last year.

Writing on the off꧅icial F1 website, Palmer hailed Piastri for 🅺how he’s dealt with pressure.

“Oscar also seems to have the calmest head, certainly that I can remember, in Formula 1,” Palme🍌r wrote.

“It’s still early stages in his career and we haven’t yet seen him under title-deciding pressures – that’ll come later this year – but༺ the man is insanely calm with whatever is♒ going on around him.

“Kimi Raikkoneꦺn was known as the Iceman in Formula 1, but I’ve even seen him more anima꧒ted than Oscar.”

Piastri and Verstappen compared

Max Verstappen had a difficult w𓂃eekend in Barcelona.

Max Verstappen was hit with a 10-second💝 time pe🍰nalty and three penalty points after he collided with George Russell deliberately.

Verstappen was irked by Red Bull’s decision to put him on hard tyres and then b🐭eing pushed off the track by Russe💜ll.

Palmer believes a key advantage 🌳Piastri has over Verstappen is his ability to “stay so composed” and thus not squander any big points opportunities.

“This can only be a strength to be able to stay so composed – I’ve yet to see him m൲ake pressure mistakes and you can’t imagine him squandering points due to red mist, as Max Verstappen did on Sunday,” he added.

“He’s not been perfect this season. In Melbourne he was unlucky to lose a heap of points going off in the rain, but he was napping for the Imola start when ge got passed by Verstappen, and was a bit scrappy in Monaco too. There have been enough chances 🅠for Lando to stay in the♐ hunt, and the title battle remains close, with Oscar just 10 points to the good.

“But fr🌠om what I’ve seen so far, Oscar absolutely has the makeup of a champion, in a season where he’s turned his weaknesses into stren🏅gths.”