By Alan Baldwin

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -If Oscar Piastri is feeling the heat, more than usual in the furnace of Mexico City’s high-altitude Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, McLaren’s Formula One leader is doing a good job of hiding it.

The 24-year-old has teammate Lando Norris breathing down his neck 14 points behind while Red Bull’s resurgent champion Max Verstappen is biting great chunks out of his lead with five rounds remaining.

The pressure is ramping up but Piastri, even if his advantage has slipped away with mistakes creeping in and some frustration emerging on track, has his own narrative.

“Obviously the last few weekends have been a bit tougher than some of the ones, especially at the beginning of the season, but ultimately I still feel good,” the Australian told Reuters at the Me

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