F1 YouTuber Josh Revell compared Oscar Piastri to IndyCar champion Scott Dixon based on their ability to produce in stressful situations. Revell expressed concern over Piastri’s inconsistent performance in the 2024 season and encouraged fans to give him time to mature. McLaren enjoyed a breakout season in 2024, winning the constructors’ title after 26 years. An improvement project introduced during the Miami Grand Prix resulted in a drastic shift.
It was in the MCL38’s pace and overall performance. McLaren outpaced RB20, and Lando Norris became Max Verstappen’s direct title adversary. McLaren prioritised Norris above Piastri to give him a chance to win the championship. Inconsistency on the part of the Australian driver also contributed significantly. Recently, F1 YouTuber Josh Revell compared Piastri to IndyCar champion Scott Dixon. He highlighted parallels between the two racing drivers’ qualities to enhance performance in challenging situations.
Despite inconsistencies and team directives, Oscar Piastri finished fourth in the tournament with 292 points. He won two races in Hungary and Azerbaijan and finished on the podium six times. Oscar Piastri, a teenage McLaren driver, finished fourth in the 2024 drivers’ championship. While pondering on 2024. Piastri plans to compete for the drivers’ championship alongside Norris in the following season. He hopes to start strong at his home Grand Prix in Australia.
Oscar Piastri is the ‘Next Dixon’
The new F1 season kicks off in March. Revell, speaking on The Blatantly Biased Racing Podcast, remarked that Oscar Piastri’s inconsistencies last year were puzzling, given his temperament and approach to racing, which should have favored consistency above all else. He added that Piastri reminded him of Scott Dixon, noting that while Dixon might not be as fast as he once was, he always managed to position himself for race wins.
He further added, “Piastri has the same sort of qualities I feel, and you can rely on this guy to extract things all the time, and he’s got a cool head; he never really loses it, so it made no sense that he had such a wayward year.”
