Oscar Piastri believes he underperformed within the Miami Grand Prix and says he has areas to work on regardless of incomes his third victory in a row.
The Australian turned the primary McLaren driver to win three grands prix in a row since Mike Hakkinen in the beginning of 1998, and in addition managed to take action for the primary time in his single-seater profession. Piastri was second within the Dash largely as a result of timing of a Security Automotive having led many of the race, however after profitable from fourth on the grid on Sunday, he mentioned it wasn’t one in all his higher victories.
“I believe this weekend was not my greatest, and numerous that was [Saturday],” Piastri mentioned. “The race was fairly strong, however [Saturday] I used to be fairly pissed off with my efficiency. In the end, sure, I gained the race this weekend, however I believe the chance of profitable many races [after] qualifying fourth is fairly low.
“I did numerous issues proper, however there was positively some success there as effectively, and a really fast automotive. I don’t need to depend on that each single Sunday.
“Clearly, that is the exception to the tempo we’ve had this yr. Sure, we’ve at all times had a robust automotive, however the tempo we had from lap one it felt like was sudden, even for us. I’ll positively take the efficiency and we’ll try to work out how to try this each weekend, however there’s nonetheless positively issues to work on from a private aspect and from a crew standpoint.”
Piastri had overtaken pole-sitter Kimi Antonelli in the beginning of Saturday’s Dash, and lining up alongside the rookie once more on row two on Sunday may have confirmed problematic, however ultimately the essential side of the race was how rapidly Piastri cleared Max Verstappen in comparison with his teammate Lando Norris.
“To be sincere with you, Kimi was very good to me and didn’t make life very powerful, which is good if you race towards individuals who establish when somebody’s faster and don’t make the race tougher for each of us,” he mentioned. “In order that was good of him.
“Clearly, for Max, main the race, a special story. However I knew to anticipate that. I may inform we had numerous tempo. It was a matter of simply biding my time, ready for a second, or forcing him right into a second. That’s what I used to be in a position to do. As soon as I received previous, I knew I needed to try to construct a spot whereas Lando was behind him. That received me the win.”
