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 firstly of 1998, and likewise 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 automobile having led many of the race, however after successful from fourth on the grid on Sunday, he mentioned it wasn’t one among his higher victories.
“I feel this weekend was not my finest, and a number of that was [Saturday],” Piastri mentioned. “The race was fairly strong, however [Saturday] I used to be fairly annoyed with my efficiency. Finally, sure, I gained the race this weekend, however I feel the chance of successful many races [after] qualifying fourth is fairly low.
“I did a number of issues proper, however there was undoubtedly some success there as nicely, and a really fast automobile. 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 powerful automobile, however the tempo we had from lap one it felt like was sudden, even for us. I’ll undoubtedly take the efficiency and we’ll attempt to work out how to do this each weekend, however there’s nonetheless undoubtedly issues to work on from a private aspect and from a workforce viewpoint.”
Piastri had overtaken pole-sitter Kimi Antonelli firstly of Saturday’s Dash, and lining up alongside the rookie once more on row two on Sunday might have confirmed problematic, however ultimately the essential facet of the race was how shortly Piastri cleared Max Verstappen in comparison with his teammate Lando Norris.
“To be trustworthy with you, Kimi was very good to me and didn’t make life very robust, which is sweet while you race towards individuals who determine when somebody’s faster and don’t make the race harder for each of us,” he mentioned. “In order that was good of him.
“Clearly, for Max, main the race, a unique story. However I knew to anticipate that. I might inform we had a number of 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 capable of do. As soon as I acquired previous, I knew I needed to attempt to construct a spot whereas Lando was behind him. That acquired me the win.”
