Piastri, after his first pole: “I was really suffering and the car came to life”
The Australian Oscar Piastri (McLaren), who achieved this Saturday in China The first ‘pole’ of his career, celebrated its performance in Shanghai’s qualifying sessions for the China GPespecially in the last (Q3), in which his car “came to life.”
“I got a lot of rhythm in Q3. In Q1 and Q2 (the first two phases of the classification) I was really suffering and the car came to life in the Q3 “the pilot said in statements after the filming of position allocation.
Despite the success, Piastri did not want to throw flowers: “The turns were a bit dazzled, But I am delighted to be in the pole. “
“I feel that I had been shooting him for a long time. I was excited. I had had poles in Sprint races, but this was the last thing I lacked. I was starting to bother not having that pole and it is good to be able to cup that thing on the list,” he explained to Dazn.
“I know I am not going to do it every weekend, (…) but I am satisfied to have turned that hard work, that potential, a good result,” he said.
Behind, he will have the British George Russell (Mercedes) and his teammate, Lando Norris, with the current world champion, Max Verstappen (Red Bull), and another English illustrious as Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) starting in the fourth and fifth position, respectively.
In any case, the Australian celebrated everything learned during this Saturday’s session: “I want to put it into practice on Sunday.”
When the Chinese Grand Prix is running
Shanghai’s appointment is the second stop of the World Formula 1 championship in 2025, and the first to be held with the special format that includes Sprint Carrera, which was held on Saturday morning and left the first victory of the British Lewis Hamilton at the controls of a Ferrari.
The great race will be held this Sunday from 03:55 ARG/Chi/Par/Uru – 02:55 Bol/Come – 01:55 Col/Ecu/Per (in all these countries is already Sunday 23), With live Premium Disney+ Plan broadcast+. 56 laps at 5,451 meters from the Shanghainese track is planned to complete a 305.3 kilometers route.
After this weekend, the next stop of the International Formula 1 tour will be in the Suzuka circuit, where the Japan Grand Prix will be held on April 6.
