McLaren ahead of everyone
McLaren’s golden streak continues in Barcelona, dominating the Spanish Grand Prix with both its drivers. Taking home the victory — his fifth of the season — was Australian Oscar Piastri, who, alongside teammate Lando Norris, contributed to the Woking team’s third one-two finish of the year, following those in China and Miami, both of which also ended with Piastri ahead of Norris.
Back to winning ways
In the United States, Oscar Piastri had claimed his last win before his consecutive podiums in Imola and Monaco, where he didn’t go beyond third place. This was a perfect weekend for the #81, who secured pole position in qualifying and managed the race and tyres superbly to take the win: “It was a surprise to see Max try the three-stop strategy, but it didn’t work out for him in the end,” he commented right after the race. “For us, it was a great weekend and we had very strong pace. A fantastic job by the team — this was the response I wanted to give after what happened in Monaco. I had a great car and driving it like that was a lot of fun. The Safety Car in the final laps didn’t unsettle me much. The restart was excellent and then I managed the tyres well.”
Oscar Piastri added further comments to Sky Sport F1: “We have a good advantage over the others, but you still can’t count them out of the fight. In any case, it doesn’t matter — I try to focus on my own work and do it as best as I can. This weekend we absolutely achieved that, so let’s keep going.”
All just stories
There was satisfaction also from Lando Norris, who admitted his teammate’s superiority straight after the end of the GP: “I tried to win the race but today Oscar drove brilliantly — I didn’t have the pace to match him. We still gave it a shot, it was a long race, and I thought something might happen. After the restart we were side by side, but in the end, a one-two is a great result.”
Lastly, speaking again to Sky Sport F1, the Briton shared his personal view on the race outcome in light of the new technical regulations introduced at this GP: “People make up stories, they have no idea what’s going on and they don’t have the real data — they just spread unfounded rumours. To me, it seems those rules have harmed many teams more than us, so in the end, draw your own conclusions.”
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