AN Australian fast-food restaurant has delivered a tongue-in-cheek apology in response to their Oscar Piastri “curse” allegations.
The food chain Grill’d has responded to reports of a ‘curse’ after the brand changed its campaign about the Aussie McLaren driver.
Grill’d changed its promotion after he failed to finish on the podium in any race since a third-place finish at the Italian Grand Prix.
The campaign promised a free bonus burger every time the 24-year-old secured a podium finish, but after the dip in performance from Piastri, it was changed to apply when he races.
The change sent social media into meltdown with some jokingly calling the brand out for ‘cursing’ Piastri’s form.
Grill’d hit back and said: “To everyone who believes in the ‘curse’,
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“We’d like to apologise. To you, and to F1 fans everywhere. We never meant to create a burger so delicious it could change the course of F1 history.
“So yes, we’re sorry. Sorry our burgers slap that hard. Sure, we can take a joke about a curse – but let’s be real, we’d never bet against a guy like Oscar Piastri.
“He’s our homegrown Aussie hero, and we’ll always be in his corner.
“Today, tomorrow, and forever, we’ve got your back, Oscar. Team Grill’d.”
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Piastri’s dip in form has seen him drop below team-mate Lando Norris in the drivers’ championship.
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After the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday – where he finished fifth – Piastri explained: “I think the last three weekends in particular are a similar trend. I think Austin I had to drive very, very differently. Mexico, the same.
“And it’s kind of one thing adapting to different conditions, but when the way you’ve driven for the whole season has worked so well, it’s kind of difficult to go away from that, I would say.
“There’s been a lot of learning on that side of things, and trying to adapt to different things. I think this weekend, practice was really, really strong.
“It felt like I couldn’t go slow in practice pretty much. And then through the rest of the weekend, things just went away from us a bit more.
“The soft tyre was obviously behaving very strangely this weekend. It was hardly better than the medium. The grip conditions yesterday were, again, very bizarre.
“To not go any quicker from Q1 to Q3 is almost unheard of, especially after so much rain.
“So clearly something has been a bit odd. The cars will be more or less the same.
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“We’re trying to put it in the same window, but just other factors have made things difficult.
“But I’m also trying to work on how I can adapt to that better and add more tools to my arsenal.”
