F1: Oscar Piastri showed his firmness in Baréin and stayed with the pole
The Australian did not fail, like Lando Norris (again) and will start in the fourth date of the World Cup. George Russell was second, but Lagará third per sanction and Charles Leclerc will complete the first row. Max Verstappen, fought with his Red Bull, seventh.
Does McLaren have the best Formula 1 car in the first measures of the 2025 season? Yes, without a doubt. Do they have Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri Chances of fighting the title with the cars of the Woking team? Of course. Is there freedom among runners to fight? Hmm. It depends on the moment, the situation and the designs not always clear of the Popes. So what can define the internal battle? Details, especially errors. And there, the Australian beats Norris, because he fails less. English accumulates very often errors, perhaps not large or colorful, but painful for its objective of achieving the first crown. In the classification of the Beréin GP, the fourth date, the British erred in the final lap and must leave sixth. Piastri did not piph anything and will chop from the first place.
Is Piestri never mistaken? Of course it fails and, perhaps, even more notorious than those of Norris. Its rear wheels skating in the wet grass of Australia is the sample button. But Lando, until now, always showed Endebez at the hot, spicy moment. In Sakhir, Norris-Piarti came stick and stick from training. The difference was scarce between them and broad with the rest of Formula 1. and when the key return of Q3 arrived, the last attempt, there walked Lando skating in the first curve and destroyed its classification. The sixth starting position is the invoice that he had to pay for that yerro.
And piastri? Firm, accelerated everything and stayed with the pole. Norris has a lot of talent, there is no doubt about that. It’s fast, too. But his head shows against him in key moments. In front, the Australian is the opposite. It has a murderous spirit that Lando does not have. And he recognized him in statements with The Guardian: “I don’t have so much murderous instinct and probably most of the pilots, or most of the champions, because I was not educated in that way. I can go and pretend that I have a murderous instinct, and act a bit like a jerk, And give people that perception … but there are certain things that other champions have made me not do. I want to be world champion being a good person. ”His values are extremely plausible, who can say otherwise. But in this being a champion of F1 … Nico Rosberg all his life was a good person and won races, but he could not with the title. Until in 2016 he stripped of that goodness, became that“ murderer ”and was crowned. He cost so much that facet to the German, which, at the end of that year, The arm, retired.
Piastri does have that murderous instinct. He has it since his karting time. He shows it on his face, in his gestures and on the track. He reflects it in the radio dialogues with the team, as when in Japan he firmly told his engineer who had more rhythm than Norris, to let him pass and go by Verstappen. From the boxes wall the order was not to fight, Max celebrated and Oscar went impertérrito, but knowing that he had more. And in Baréin he had more, especially, at the time of not failing.
Norris arrived as a World Cup leader to Sakhir, with just a point more than Verstappen. The Dutch walked the slapping with his Red Bullwith grip and brake problems. On Friday, the tetracampeón complained about the lack of grip, but it could be part of its already classic strategy to be almost defeated to then appear in classification. This time there was no camelo, it was real. Max was not competitive. It was seventh in the classification, 582 thousandths from Piastri and, apparently, with the aim of trying to minimize the damage and support their hope of something better waiting for some crazy revoleo that appears. Who lost the great opportunity? And yes, Norris, because with Max so fought with his car was a great chance to add good points in the fight. With the panorama after the qualy, it can be the great weekend of Piastri, who reached 13 and units of his partner.
McLaren had shown superiority to complete the first row of Baréin’s start, however, Piastri must battle with Charles Leclerc in the start. The Monegasco had been third in La Qualy, but advanced a place because of the double sanction that Mercedes received. His two cars were recharged with a position because they took to Boxes Street to resume the classification, after the red by Esteban Ocon’s clash, before being enabled. Thus, George Russell, who had been second, will start third. The English will share a row with the surprising Pierre Gasly, who will leave fourth with the Alpine. The improvement of the French team cars was endorsed with the good task of Jack Dooha, 11th.
“I had confidence all the weekend. I am very happy. I will have to go to the first curve in the first position and we will see what happens. Even so, it is true that I have been comfortable all weekend and there is no better place from which to start it, ”said Piastri, who achieved his second pole position and will look for his fourth win in F1.
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