US Edition'Feeling's Positive': Piastri Buoyed by Suzuka Pace
Oscar Piastri recorded the fastest lap in second practice at Suzuka, closing the gap to Mercedes' top drivers and signaling strong competition ahead of the race.
- On Friday, Australian driver Oscar Piastri topped the second practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix at the 5.8km Suzuka circuit, lapping in one minute 30.133 seconds.
- The 24-year-old Australian, who failed to start both the Melbourne and Shanghai grands prix, desperately needed a boost in the season's third race, receiving it as McLaren's pace surprised rivals.
- Piastri finished 0.092sec ahead of Kim Antonelli and 0.205sec clear of championship leader George Russell, the dominant Mercedes duo who were taken aback by the constructors' champions' speed.
- While Mercedes pair Russell and Antonelli have locked out the front row in every qualifying session so far, four-time world champion Max Verstappen ended the day 10th on the timesheets.
- Reliability concerns persist at McLaren, with teammate Lando Norris spending significant time in the garage; despite this, Piastri said, "The feeling is positive, and we've gathered some valuable data.
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McLaren's Piastri goes fastest in Friday practice at Japanese Grand Prix
SUZUKA, Japan, March 27 - McLaren's Oscar Piastri recorded the fastest time in second free practice for the Japanese Grand Prix on Friday, ahead of Mercedes pair Kimi Antonelli and George Russell. Read more at straitstimes.com.
JAPON.- Oscar Piastri marked the best time in the second Free Practice for the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix. The session full of technical incidents and in which Lando Norris ended up riding gravel on the curve of ‘the spoon’. Among the incidents that were presented, Pierre Gasly almost hit [...] La entrada Oscar Piastri dominates second free practice aparece primero en PSN Noticias.
Tokyo, Japan.- McLaren, the reigning Formula One champions, finally woke up. Oscar Piastri, who has not recorded laps in previous races in Australia and China, led the second free training session in the Japan Grand Prix with 1'30"133. The Australian took over the Mercedes by sending Kimi Antonelli to second and third place to George Russell with a difference of .205 seconds. Lando Norris could not repeat Piastri's work. Woking's team detected a…
= This Friday, during the second free practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix, McLaren driver Oscar Piastri set the fastest time with a time of 1m30.133s. However, the difference with Mercedes drivers Kimi Antonelli and George Russell was only one tenth, which does not provide a clear view of the true hierarchy of the competition. Despite the good news for McLaren, the long runs at the end of the session showed a different picture. With a h…
After two first Grand Prix wins by George Russell (Australia) and Kimi Antonelli (China), will the Mercedes team sign the three-time pass in Japan? Answer Sunday around 8:30 a.m. (French [summer] time) but in the meantime, the Silver Arrows have not been ultra-dominated the first two free practice sessions on the Suzuka circuit. They dominated the first one, won by Russell with 26 thousandths ahead of Antonelli, and the McLarens of Lando Norris …
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