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Is Piastri cracking under pressure?

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We ask if Oscar Piastri is cracking under the pressure of an intense world championship fight in the latest edition of The Race F1 Podcast. 


Diego Mejia and Ben Anderson join Edd Straw to evaluate the reasons behind Oscar Piastri’s current slump, and whether or not it’s part of a wider trend that will cost him the world championship. 


That includes looking at the effect of the intensity of the title fight, his struggle for pace in Austin and Mexico and also what we can expect from him in the final four events. 


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