It was a very difficult race for the world championship leader. After a false start that sent him to the back of the grid, Piastri crashed into the wall during the first lap, ending his race prematurely.
The Australian lost important points in the fight for the world championship, where his main rival is his teammate Landa Norris. However, Norris failed to take full advantage of this opportunity, finishing the race in seventh place and extending his lead over the Australian to 25 points.
“Certainly not my finest moment. I just anticipated the start too much, and it was a silly, simple error with that. Then, the crash – I just didn’t anticipate the dirty air in the way I should have. I clearly went into the corner way too hot and that was that”, Oscar ddmitted.
“Qualifying yesterday, it was what it was. Then today, just more silly mistakes. It was certainly a messy weekend for sure, but I would be more concerned if I was slow and trying to make up for it that way and having these errors because of that”, he added.
For the first time since joining Formula 1, the 24-year-old's ‘human side’ seems to have come out, as the pressure built up since his false start clearly led him to make a mistake that cost him the entire race.
The battle for the drivers' title is between the two McLarens, but Max Verstappen has now won two races in a row and shows no signs of stopping. What's more, the Woking-based team is no longer as dominant as it was at the start of the season, as today's race clearly showed. At this point, we need to understand whether this is an isolated incident or whether we should expect a gradual decline in the team's performance for the rest of the season.
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