P1racenews AI automatic summary:
The McLaren driver will start from third on the grid provisionally, but it could be under threat depending on the outcome of a stewards investigation.
Oscar Piastri expressed his belief that he could have achieved a front row start in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix if he had made fewer mistakes during qualifying. Despite this, he managed to secure P3, setting a lap time 0.337s slower than pole-sitter Max Verstappen. However, Piastri and Pierre Gasly are both under investigation for impeding. The stewards will also review Piastri’s adherence to the maximum delta time, although he may receive dispensation if he moved out of the way for traffic. Piastri acknowledged that he made a lot of mistakes during qualifying, which prevented him from producing his best lap time, although he managed to out-qualify his teammate, Lando Norris. Despite struggling to put together a clean lap, Piastri was fortunate to benefit from Norris’ mistake in the last sector, which caused the British driver to drop back in the rankings. Piastri admitted that he had not been able to complete a clean lap during the heavily disrupted practice sessions, making his performance in qualifying more challenging. Nonetheless, he felt that he managed to improve and put together a good lap in Q3.
