Oscar Piastri: “I wasn’t going to leave second of that curve”

The Australian, winner of the Saudi Arabia GP and new World Cup leader, spoke about the maneuver of the start that ended with the sanction of Max Verstappen.

Smiles, few, almost none. It is his style, it is not that he tries to hide his feelings, it is so, it is his personality. Imperturbable, firm, granitic. He is the same when he achieves a sensational triumph like the one he achieved in Saudi Arabia, such as when he fails as happened in Australia, on the first date. It shows no fissures, quite the opposite of his partner Lando Norris. This is Oscar Piastrithe new World Cup leader after beating Jeddah in a race in which he challenged Max Verstappen in the start and won him, because the Dutch cut the first curve and received five seconds of penalty.

“Once I committed myself, I was not going to leave that curve. Piastri counted.

The competition was very complicated for Piastri’s physique and made it clear before climbing to the podium: “I need a sofa. It has been a very hard race, I am very happy to have won, the difference was marked, I have tried to get into the first curve and it has been enough. Here it was very difficult to follow the Auto AutoI could not with Max in the first batch, I ate the tires, but in the second part, with the clean air, it has been very good, ”confessed the new pointer of the tournament.