F1 Results: Oscar Piastri Still Leads Championship Standings After Imola GP

Oscar Piastri is still the Formula 1 World Championship leader, but the Australian was briefly confronted with the facts in Imola. If he didn't know it before, he does now: always take Max Verstappen into account.

F1 results: Oscar Piastri still leads championship standings after Imola GP

Oscar Piastri has missed out on extending his F1 Grand Prix winning streak to four, but the Aussie still leads the Drivers’ Championship. Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images Oscar Piastri is the first Australian to lead the Formula One World Drivers’ Championship in 15 years, ahead of McLaren team-mate Lando Norris – and reigning world champion Max Verstappen of Red Bull. The 24-year-old Melburnian driver has recorded a stellar start to the 2025 F…

Oscar Piastri left the pole position and finished the race of the Imola Grand Prix in third place after a series of errors that the Australian driver himself recognizes. And although he maintains the lead in the drivers’ championship, his advantage against Lando Norris was reduced from 16 to 13 points with Lando Norris, and from 32 to 22 units with Max Verstappen, who won the race after a bold maneuver in the first curves and a series of effecti…

Verstappen's victory was played in the first turn after the start, where Dutchman Oscar Piastri was surprised by a manoeuvre the Australian wasn't expecting.