![]() Piastri placed 12th and 15th out of 20 drivers across the two opening practice sessions in his first official outing for McLaren as the 2023 season got underway with a surprising resurgence of former world champ Fernando Alonso at Aston Martin.īut it wasn’t the clock which had people talking about Piastri, it was his high speed manouevre to avoid what could have been a dire crash in the second practice session that proved to the world this kid from Melbourne has what it takes behind the wheel.Įngaged in drag race down the main straight with Yuki Tsunoda in the Alpha Tauri, Piastri was caught by surprise when Canadian Lance Stroll appeared in the middle of the circuit after his exit from pitlane in his Aston Martin. We’ve just got to focus.”Īussie rookie Oscar Piastri might not have the early pace but he’s shown he’s got the skills to become a presence on the F1 circuit, narrowly avoiding a high speed disaster in his first official race weekend as a Formula One driver. “It is not an impossible mountain to climb and I think we can definitely close the gap. We’re in a different place, but in qualifying the car just didn’t feel alive. “The engineers did a great job and made a step forward. “I thought we’d be a lot further behind so reaching Q3 is great and we did a lot of work overnight,” said Hamilton. It is looking good for the future and makes Formula 1 much more exciting.” The Mercedes of George Russell and seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton were sixth and seventh ahead of Lance Stroll in the second Aston Martin, Esteban Ocon of Alpine and Haas’s Nico Hulkenberg. Aston Martin are very quick, Mercedes are very quick. “We managed to find the pace, but not to Red Bull and I think we are better starting third with new tyres than further up with old. I did not expect that after testing and after the three practices which were a little bit difficult. Leclerc said: “I think we were in the fight for pole, which was a good surprise to be honest. ![]() Pole position qualifier Max Verstappen (L) and Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez.
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