Worst qualification of the year for Oscar Piastri: “Complicated laps”

Oscar piastri did not have his best day as leader of the world championship Formula 1Starting 2nd in the sprint race, the Australian lost a victory that was within his grasp due to the timing of the safety car which gave his teammate Lando Norris an unexpected success. Then, in qualifying, while he dominated his garage neighbor, the Melbourne native failed to confirm it on his last lap of Q3, leaving Verstappen take pole ahead of Lando Norris and Kimi Antonelli.

Only 4th, Oscar Piastri had his worst qualification of the season, but remains in an excellent position to claim victory. To do so, he will have to get rid of the Mercedes of the Italian rookie, who was already with him on the front row of the sprint race. Piastri had managed to find the opening from the first corner by forcing Antonelli off the track, which the Italian did not appreciate. “It looks like anything goes around the first corner, so we’ll see.”, Antonelli said after the sprint. Will the rematch take place on Sunday?

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In any case, Oscar Piastri was not particularly proud of his performance, but without being devastated: that would be to misjudge the unfailing calm of the five-time Grand Prix winner. "I didn't manage to put everything together in Q3," he soberly admitted to our colleagues at Canal+. "I had some difficult laps and that's the price to pay in such a close session. But I think we can improve during the Grand Prix. The tires are behaving a little better than we expected, which is positive. The race should be interesting."

If the race is as lively as the sprint, it promises to be quite a spectacle!