Oscar Piastri was largely a non-factor in the competitive battle during practice on Friday in Monaco.
Oscar Piastri expressed surprise at McLaren’s performance after FP1 in Monaco, noting they were far off the front-runners. Despite challenges, Piastri finished FP2 in seventh place, over a second behind Lewis Hamilton. McLaren faces significant work to improve for Saturday’s qualifying, recalling their pole position and victory last year. Piastri acknowledged progress but was taken aback by the sizable gap to the leaders. He emphasized the need to find solutions overnight to close the performance deficit and acknowledged the strong pace of Ferrari. Piastri hinted at the difficulty of making significant changes quickly in modern F1, expressing determination to find improvements despite lacking clear solutions.
