Piastri, who’s 32 factors behind Norris within the championship, says he had been driving with a damaged rib for the three races main as much as the summer season break in Britain, Hungary and Belgium.
He revealed the harm on Instagram this week, however till Thursday had not mentioned when it occurred or the way it had affected him.
He mentioned it had been brought on by his race seat not being an ideal match, and that the issue started to emerge on the Spanish Grand Prix 5 races in the past.
“You make the seat on the the beginning of the yr and typically you get it a bit improper and a few tracks don’t expose it,” Piastri mentioned.
“However going to Barcelona, Austria, Silverstone, they’re three fairly hardcore tracks, so a little bit of a strain level, and ultimately my rib broke up. It’s all good now.”
He mentioned he had found the extent of the harm after the British Grand Prix.
“The scan was the day after Silverstone however it was positively damaged earlier than Silverstone,” the Australian mentioned.
“Undoubtedly it was some level round Austria. I believe it was most likely a bit disturbed in Barcelona after which after Austria it was fairly painful, after which Silverstone was a fairly nasty few days.
“However we made some adjustments and it was already getting higher in Hungary and Belgium, so it’s all again to regular now.”
