Oscar Piastri disagrees with Lando Norris: “McLaren was faster than Red Bull in Saudi Arabia”. Oscar Piastri denies Lando Norris' claim that Red Bull was the fastest in Saudi Arabia.

The Australian’s analysis
Lando Norris, after the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, stated that Red Bull had the fastest car on track in Jeddah. Oscar Piastri disagreed with his teammate’s claim in the press conference, offering his perspective on what happened in the race that caused McLaren’s superiority to be ‘masked.’

“I think our car was the fastest,” said Oscar Piastri. “Max Verstappen was definitely faster in the race than I expected, but I think running the first stint in dirty air was a significant factor in making my medium tire stint particularly difficult. At Suzuka and here, Max and Red Bull put us under pressure, so we know we need to work to improve on these kinds of tracks, but overall, I think we still have an advantage. We have a very strong car.” – the McLaren driver pointed out at the end of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix last Sunday.

Oscar Piastri also set the fastest lap of the race on the final lap, almost emphasizing that he had more to give if necessary: “It didn’t make sense to risk too much, but on the last lap, I wanted to see what I actually had in terms of performance. In clean air, we had a great pace, it’s in dirty air that we struggled, as shown by the last laps of my stint on medium tires.” – the Australian driver.