P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Piastri frustrated after McLaren F1 pace proves “really good surprise”
The qualifying session was disappointing for the Woking team, as the Australian driver started in 18th place. However, he managed to avoid the first corner incident and made good progress up the field, even reaching third place at one point. Due to a clash with Lewis Hamilton, his strategy was affected and he had to make an early pit stop, followed by a late pit stop under green flag conditions. This caused him to drop down the order, but he was able to recover to 10th place and also secured the bonus point for the fastest lap. He believes that with a different strategy, he could have achieved more in the race. Despite the contact with Hamilton, he doesn’t think it had a significant impact on their race. Overall, he feels that they deserved a better result than 10th place.
