He shows once again that he belongs in Formula 1. First qualified on the front row, a first for him, Oscar Piastri completed an almost perfect race. At the start, he tried to overtake Max Verstappen, but the Dutchman squeezed him, preventing the maneuver from being successful.<\/p>\n
The Australian also played along with the team’s game to secure a podium for both McLarens. Oscar Piatsri gave up his second position to his teammate, with a higher pace. This is the only thing that can be criticized about him in this Japanese Grand Prix.<\/p>\n
In the pit stop game, he was able to climb up the hierarchy with daring overtakes, like on George Russell, on a different strategy.<\/p>\n
The Australian made no mistakes in Suzuka. A performance that brings him to the Formula 1 podium for the first time. This comes after his podium finish in the sprint race at the Belgian Grand Prix where he had finished just behind Max Verstappen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The McLaren driver has achieved a new podium, this season, at the Japanese Grand Prix. His performance in Suzuka has earned him the title of driver of the day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":32943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1749],"tags":[178,532,1151],"class_list":["post-2408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","category-news","tag-course","tag-grand-prix-du-japon","tag-piastri"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n