By Alan Baldwin

ZANDVOORT, Netherlands (Reuters) -McLaren’s Oscar Piastri played down his 34-point lead in the Formula One championship on Sunday and said he still did not feel comfortable.

The Australian took his seventh win in 15 races to forge further ahead after closest title rival and teammate Lando Norris suffered the agony of retirement from the Dutch Grand Prix with a smoking car.

The margin means Piastri can finish second in the next four races even if Norris wins them all, with five to come after that, and still retain the overall lead.

Not that he had any intention of doing so.

“There’s still a long way to go. I need to keep pushing and trying to win races still. I wouldn’t say it’s a very comfortable margin,” Piastri told reporters at seaside Zandvoort.

“As we saw today,

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