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 at 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 because of the timing of a Security Automotive having led many of the race, however after successful from fourth on the grid on Sunday, he mentioned it wasn’t considered one of his higher victories.
“I believe this weekend was not my greatest, and a variety of that was [Saturday],” Piastri mentioned. “The race was fairly stable, 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 successful many races [after] qualifying fourth is fairly low.
“I did a variety of issues proper, however there was positively some success there as nicely, and a really fast automotive. I don’t wish 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 surprising, even for us. I’ll positively take the efficiency and we’ll attempt to work out how to try this each weekend, however there’s nonetheless positively issues to work on from a private facet and from a workforce perspective.”
Piastri had overtaken pole-sitter Kimi Antonelli at the beginning of Saturday’s Dash, and lining up alongside the rookie once more on row two on Sunday might have confirmed problematic, however in the long run 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 robust, which is good once you race in opposition to individuals who determine 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 distinct story. However I knew to count on that. I might inform we had a variety 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 niche whereas Lando was behind him. That acquired me the win.”
