Oscar Plates had a great chance to win his first race in Formula 1The contact between Verstappen and Norris, which compromised the race of both, in fact opened the doors to the fifth different winner of 2024: George Russell.
In place of the Mercedes driverBut, There may have been Piastriwho missed his chance for a a question of thousandths.
McLaren, track limits deny Piastri first career win
In fact, during the Saturday qualifying sessions, The Australian set the third fastest timeright behind Verstappen e Norris.
That result, on the other hand, did not last long: FIA canceled his best lap due to track limits at turn 6, despite the images you lack certainty that the number 81 MCL38 was actually off the track.
As in most cases, however, a sensor has been activated and the Federation had no other choice. Not even The McLaren protest It was enough to restore the Australian’s third place on the grid.
Platestherefore, it is started from the seventh boxrecovering with some fantastic overtaking of Sergio Pérez, Lewis Hamilton and Carlos Sainz.
Il total time lost in these battleshowever, he has prevented from reaching George Russell and win his first race.
For the pace shown – also in the Sprint, where he came second – Oscar Piastri was the third fastest driver on the track; e with Verstappen and Norris out of the racehe ranks 2001 would have been the winner of the Austrian GP if he had “only” started third.
The same Piastri said he was disappointed for not having taken advantage of that opportunity, while on social media he was more joking: “Fourth podium, nice trophy (and a nice promemoria dei track limits)”.
In short, fate had other plans for the Australian McLaren driver, but one thing is certain: if he were to continue performing like this, the first victory will only be a matter of time.
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