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.

McLaren's Oscar Piastri surrendered the Formula One championship lead to teammate Lando Norris after the Mexico City Grand Prix on Sunday but the Australian sounded an upbeat note about his progress and said he had taken steps to unlock his car's pace.

Oscar Piastri remains unclear about the cause of his poor performance in qualifying for Sunday's Mexico City Grand Prix.

Oscar Piastri has provided more insight into his poor run of form in recent weeks, after finishing in fifth place at the Mexican Grand Prix.

Lando Norris won his fifth pole of the season while Oscar Piastri was a distant seventh in Saturday qualifying.

After losing the lead of the Formula 1 championship, Oscar Piastri said he has not been able to adapt to the way McLaren's car has changed over the past few races.

And so, yet another dramatic twist in an increasingly gripping title fight has seen the once-trailing Lando Norris rise to the occasion brilliantly in Mexico to unseat his formerly unstoppable McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri from the lead in the points table that he has held since the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in April.

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.