Oscar Piastri suffered Norris' Florida luck in the Sprint

« I feel like I did everything right., immediately reacted Oscar piastri at the microphone of Romain Grosjean at the finish of the Sprint event in Miami. It's disappointing to finish second but that's how it is, sometimes motor racing is cruel! » The Australian certainly didn't lack talent to claim the top step of the podium, but unlike his teammate who stole first place from him, the number 81 was unlucky.

Second on the starting grid, behind the young Andrea Kimi Antonelli, the leader of the Drivers' classification managed to impose himself at the front from the first corner thanks to a maneuver similar to the one carried out on Max Verstappen in Jeddah. At the head, victory was within his grasp, before Tyche, the goddess of fortune, chose Lando Norris.

Bad timing for Piastri

Having pitted to put on slick tyres a lap ahead of his teammate's MCL39, the Australian was caught out by the collision between Fernando Alonso and Liam Lawson, who brought out the safety car. Norris was able to safely emerge in the lead, while Piastri had to slow down under a yellow flag.

« I got off to a good start and almost won., said driver No. 81. JI'm still happy with what I produced, we still had a bit of pace left in sprint qualifying so I hope we can show that in qualifying later. We have a fast car, hopefully we can make it even faster and give ourselves an easier race tomorrow. »

Toto wolff As his young prodigy, Andrea Kimi Antonelli, reminded him on the radio: the sprint race remains a short event, with no major stakes. Thus, it is first place in tomorrow's main race that will really count for Oscar Piastri. Before that, he will try to secure pole position in qualifying, scheduled for 21:50 p.m. (French time).

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