Piastri will use his "frustration to fuel us further at the next weekend"
Having lost a victory that had looked to be in his hands at last Sunday's British Grand Prix, McLaren driver Oscar Piastri claimed that "he will frustration of today to fuel us further at the next weekend."
McLaren drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris started from P2 and P3 on the grid at Sunday's British Grand Prix. Starting in the wet, the Australian managed to extract more grip from his inters than race-leader Verstappen could and picked off the Dutchman for the lead.
The Melbourne-born driver managed to build up an enormous lead of over 13 seconds over Verstappen and Norris. However, a safety car period meant that the championship leader lost his comfortable lead.
At the second Safety Car restart, Piastri braked heavily, and Verstappen shot past him. The stewards rules that the Australian had not followed procedure and handed him a 10-second time penalty. Just moments after this incident, Verstappen had spun at the exit of Stowe and dropped back.
It left Piastri and Norris at the front of the field, and they managed to build a huge advantage over the field. When the papaya cars pitted for slick tyres, Norris emerged ahead after Piastri served his penalty. That left the Brit to enjoy the last few laps before crossing the line to win his home race for the first time.
Reflecting on his frustrating race at Silverstone, championship leader Oscar Piastri laimed that "he will frustration of today to fuel us further at the next weekend."
“Today didn’t end how I wanted it to for me but well done to the team on a really successful day. A 1-2 at our home Grand Prix is brilliant and it’s a great chunk of points for us.
"Whilst it was a frustrating one for me with the penalty, we had a rocket ship of a car, so thank you to the team for all their work which meant we could pull such a gap over the rest of the field.
"I’ll use the frustration of today to fuel us further at the next weekend, but for now, we can reflect on a great weekend for McLaren," concluded Piastri.
