Oscar Piastri has minimised the value of "cherry-picking" statistics to demonstrate his strong run of form in F1 after clinching a superb victory in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Oscar Piastri has waved away the fact he is the highest-scoring F1 driver over the past seven rounds, saying "cherry-picking" statistics "doesn't mean much" to him.
Since the Spanish Grand Prix - Max Verstappen's last victory, coincidentally - the Australian has added 135 points to his 2024 tally, over 30 points more than the next driver during that period, McLaren team-mate Lando Norris.
Whilst his team-mate has taken 104, only two other drivers have scored more than 90 - Lewis Hamilton and Verstappen with 96 and 94, respectively.
But the 23-year-old was quick to distance himself from such statistics, underlining that any success is not purely down to him.
When that seven-race run of form was put to Piastri and he was asked if he now feels he is building momentum, responding to media including RacingNews365, he said: "Yes and no.
"Someone else has probably scored the most in the last eight races. For me, cherry-picking these kind of races [statistics] doesn't mean much to me.
"I think I have had a good run through the European part of the year and now continuing, but... It's not just down to me.
"We've had a car that's been very quick and consistently quick in a lot of places. And even if we've not necessarily been the outright quickest everywhere, we've been in with a chance everywhere."
