Oscar Piastri dominates final practice for McLaren
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Lando Norris won the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday, cutting teammate Oscar Piastri’s lead at the top of the drivers’ championship to single figures.
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GPFans on MSNMcLaren F1 star flustered as awkward Monaco mistake revealedWhen handing out Formula 1 trophies to the top three in Monte Carlo, Piastri appeared to confuse Princess Charlene of Monaco's introduction for an attempt to award him the trophy for second place, which was actually meant for Ferrari's Charles Leclerc.
Oscar Piastri has his work cut out winning Formula One’s jewel in the crown and keeping his lead in the world drivers’ championship after qualifying third for Sunday night’s Monaco Grand Prix.
Over the weekend, that photo above made the rounds: AJ, an Oscar Piastri fan from Australia, had posted on X that he’d make a life-sized version of Piastri out of pizza if Piastri won pole. Folks: Piastri won pole, and AJ made the Pizzastri. I had to reach out to him and ask about this. Here’s my Q&A with AJ. Bon appétit.
Oscar Piastri says the new mandatory two-stop regulations at the Monaco Grand Prix have created so many potential scenarios that his head is “still kind of untwisting itself” trying to understand them.
Red Bull Racing had a dreadful weekend in Monaco, with Verstappen qualifying fifth and a season-worst 0.715 seconds off the pace in Q3. He finished fourth only thanks to Lewis Hamilton penalty and as unhappy as ever with the behaviour of his car.
Oscar Piastri has once again dismissed fears McLaren’s season will be curtailed by the FIA’s flexi-wing clampdown at this weekend’s F1 Spanish Grand Prix, describing the change as “overhyped”. The big talking point heading into this weekend’s race at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya is the FIA’s more stringent tests on the front wing.
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Yardbarker on MSNPiastri: I don’t think two mandatory stops changed much in MonacoOscar Piastri saw most of his points advantage to Lando Norris eliminated in Monaco, with the Australian admitting to having a scrappy weekend at the Principality.