Thirteenth, however with the quickest lap of the race, would not start to inform the story of Oscar Piastri’s Miami Grand Prix.
A robust begin adopted by an amazing transfer on Carlos Sainz within the aftermath of the Sergio Perez incident in Flip 1, noticed Piastri settle in behind Charles Leclerc in third as they pursued race chief Max Verstappen.
Simply a few laps later the Australian teenager nailed the second Ferrari to assert second, a podium end absolutely on the playing cards.
Nevertheless, the timing of the Security Automobile and the next over enthusiasm of Sainz noticed Piastri drop to final, the Australian valiantly preventing again to complete thirteenth.
“Undoubtedly a whole lot of positives to return from at the moment,” he insisted. “For each of us, the automotive was actually sturdy. For Lando, to win the race on tempo and to drag away from Max after the Security Automobile, I feel that is a really, very encouraging signal.
“So very comfortable for him and for the entire workforce. I feel we deserve it,” added the Australian. “Our trajectory within the final 12 months has been in direction of this second.
“Even with the automotive that I had, I feel we have been very sturdy as nicely,” he stated. “I am excited for Imola.”
Requested about his nice begin, he stated: I used to be proud of the beginning. The truth that I might get previous Leclerc as nicely was surprising coming into the race. From that time, I used to be fairly comfortable and was moderately snug with him behind me there, simply timing of the Security Automobile wasn’t perfect.”
And the Sainz incident…
“I must see,” he stated. “I imply, we weren’t notably near the apex, however I must see it first.”
The stewards did see it, and accordingly hit the Spaniard with a time penalty that dropped him from fourth to fifth… not that it helped Piastri whose race had been wrecked by the transfer.
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