JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Oscar Piastri is the primary Australian driver to steer the System 1 standings in 15 years after successful Sunday’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix at Jeddah Corniche Circuit.
The McLaren driver received for the third time in 5 races this season and moved forward of teammate Lando Norris for the championship lead. The final Australian to steer the standings was Mark Webber.
The beginning of the race made all of the distinction for Piastri, who battled polesitter Max Verstappen firstly.
Verstappen and Piastri raced wheel-to-wheel earlier than Verstappen lower the apex into the primary nook.
Whereas the Crimson Bull driver initially held the lead, a five-second time penalty was assessed to Verstappen, who served the penalty throughout his pit cease and fell into line behind Piastri.
From there, Piastri raced to the victory.
“As soon as I received on the within, I wasn’t popping out of Flip 1 in second,” stated Piastri. “I attempted my greatest, clearly the stewards needed to get entangled however I believed I used to be lots far sufficient up and in the long run that’s what received me the race. So yeah, very pleased with all of the work we’ve been doing with the begins and that’s what received us the race at the moment.”
The 24-year-old driver completed 2.8 seconds forward of Verstappen.
“Total, it was a really promising race,” Verstappen stated. “We had been a bit unlucky with the penalty, however apart from that the automobile was sturdy. We had a variety of difficulties on Friday with our tyre administration, so to have such a optimistic Saturday and Sunday meant that we actually improved the automobile loads. I used to be positively stunned to see how aggressive we had been on the mediums. I, in fact needed to try to open up a spot, however to truly draw back from the automobiles behind was good.”
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc posted his first podium end of the season in third.
Norris completed fourth, simply forward of Mercedes teammates George Russell and Kimi Antonelli.
Seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton was seventh for Ferrari.
