Pastor Maldonado aims to avoid getting in trouble this weekend and in future races, following several accidents this year which have dented his chances at success.
The Williams driver will serve a double-grid penalty at the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday after he jump-started the Belgian GP and made contact with Marussia’s Timo Glock.
He has also been penalised for incidents involving Lewis Hamilton, Paul di Resta and Sergio Perez.
“I’ve been penalised quite a lot and we need to try to do something different to be away from the stewards,” he said.
“I’m doing my best not to go back again to [the stewards] room and get some points.”
Maldonado hasn’t scored a single point since his Spanish victory seven races ago.
“Sometimes, I have been involved in small incidents and I have been to the stewards, so I will try to keep away from everything.
“But at the same time, I will try to push and do my best for the team and myself. What we did, we have already done, so we need to think about the future and the next races.”
The Venezuelan admits he has taken an over aggressive approach to his driving on occasion and this is an area he needs to tame.
“Sometimes, yes,” he said in response to his over aggression. “This is one of my characteristics, everyone knows that.
“Some like it and some don’t. I need to use that when we need to use it, but not always.”
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