Piastri “learned a lot” after Singapore struggle

In the round-up: Oscar Piastri said he was pleased to recover to third place in the Singapore Grand Prix after the difficulties he encountered during practice.

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Piastri “learned a lot” in Singapore

The Azerbaijan Grand Prix winner had a more difficult weekend in Singapore, qualifying over four-tenths of a second slower than team mate Lando Norris. That left him fifth on the grid, from where he recovered to finish third after getting ahead of the two Mercedes drivers. Piastri said the result was “good damage limitation” under the circumstances.

“Through the weekend, I was struggling quite a lot in practice and felt like I made a good step into qualifying,” he said. “[Then] didn’t execute as well as I needed to, but I feel like I’ve learned a lot through the weekend as well.

“So even if the end result wasn’t exactly what I hoped, I think we’ve done a good job of maximising the points, especially for the team. It’s a massive points haul for us, and I feel like I’ve learned some good lessons for next year as well. All in all, reasonably happy.”

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