Oscar Piastri claimed that his misplaced Qatar Grand Prix win was extra painful than McLaren’s double disqualification from the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
After ranging from pole place, the Australian driver simply needed to make it via the primary few corners earlier than taking advantage of a observe with restricted overtaking alternatives to deliver residence the victory.
However whereas the remainder of the grid capitalised on taking their first pitstops in the course of the early security automotive, McLaren opted to maintain each drivers out.
Those that pitted on lap 7 then had no selection however to pit once more on lap 32 as a result of mandated 25-lap restrict on the tyres for the race on the Losail Worldwide Circuit.
McLaren argued that, firstly, it was not conscious that the remainder of the grid would pit, and secondly, that pitting on lap 7 would have given it no flexibility on technique for the rest of the race. This ended up being the fallacious name for the Woking outfit.
Piastri completed the race in second with Lando Norris in fourth.
“Fairly excessive and I feel that is saying rather a lot given the previous few races I’ve had,” Piastri stated in the course of the press convention about his frustration after the race.
Oscar Piastri, McLaren
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“I imply, clearly, we did not get it proper at the moment, which is a disgrace as a result of the entire weekend went very, very nicely. We had loads of tempo.”
When requested what harm extra, the Las Vegas Grand Prix disqualification or his misplaced win in Qatar, he added: “I feel on a private degree, I really feel like I’ve misplaced a win at the moment. In Vegas, I misplaced the P4. Clearly, for the group, it is a fairly painful weekend. However I feel for me personally, this in all probability hurts extra.”
Because of the Qatar Grand Prix, Piastri was overtaken within the drivers’ standings by Verstappen. Heading into the season finale, Norris leads by 12 factors over Verstappen, and Piastri follows the Dutchman with 4 factors between them.
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