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McLaren’s Oscar Piastri claimed “you’ll get eaten alive” for mistakes in Formula 1 as he revealed where his final lap went wrong in qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Despite his best efforts, Oscar Piastri narrowly missed securing the pole position alongside his team-mate Lando Norris. This resulted in Piastri settling for second place on the starting grid for Sunday’s race. Piastri admitted in the post-qualifying press conference that in Formula 1, there is no room for mistakes in the highly competitive pecking order for pole position. He acknowledged that there were a couple of corners where he could have pushed harder, reflecting on his final lap. Piastri’s initial lap in the top-10 shootout was initially annulled for exceeding track limits but was later reinstated, causing some uncertainty and stress before his final run. Ultimately, Piastri blamed minor errors, such as leaving extra margin at Turn 1, as the factors that cost him pole position, but he accepted his front-row starting position with grace.
