Warning: this post may contain spoilers
Oscar Piastri is a beast. But so is Leclerc. I really thought Leclerc was going to get the place back a couple times, but Piastri kept closing that door on him. Absolutely great race for the both of them.
The crash between Perez and Sainz was unfortunate. Perez, especially, was driving a great race. He was ahead of Max! The whole time or pretty close to it, I think. P3/P4 for both would've been a great position for each. But DNFs for both instead.
I don't think it was 100% either driver's fault, as it sounds like both were trying to get into Leclerc's slipstream and drifted into each other, but I would probably assign more to Perez, just because he could see from behind and could've moved over. But I think it's really just a racing incident. They were racing hard; shit happens.
Great haul for Williams with 10pts! Even had Sainz and Checo not crashed out, they still would've scored points.
Anyway, onward to another street circuit: Singapore!
Next race:
Singapore Grand Prix
Marina Bay Street Circuit
Sunday, September 22
Provisional Race Results -- SPOILER
Pos |
No |
Driver |
Car |
Laps |
Time/retired |
Pts |
1 |
81 |
Oscar Piastri |
McLaren Mercedes |
51 |
1:32:58.007 |
25 |
2 |
16 |
Charles Leclerc |
Ferrari |
51 |
+10.910s |
18 |
3 |
63 |
George Russell |
Mercedes |
51 |
+31.328s |
15 |
4 |
4 |
Lando Norris |
McLaren Mercedes |
51 |
+36.143s |
13 |
5 |
1 |
Max Verstappen |
Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT |
51 |
+77.098s |
10 |
6 |
14 |
Fernando Alonso |
Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes |
51 |
+85.468s |
8 |
7 |
23 |
Alexander Albon |
Williams Mercedes |
51 |
+87.396s |
6 |
8 |
43 |
Franco Colapinto |
Williams Mercedes |
51 |
+89.541s |
4 |
9 |
44 |
Lewis Hamilton |
Mercedes |
51 |
+92.401s |
2 |
10 |
50 |
Oliver Bearman |
Haas Ferrari |
51 |
+93.127s |
1 |
11 |
27 |
Nico Hulkenberg |
Haas Ferrari |
51 |
+93.465s |
0 |
12 |
10 |
Pierre Gasly |
Alpine Renault |
51 |
+117.189s |
0 |
13 |
3 |
Daniel Ricciardo |
RB Honda RBPT |
51 |
+146.907s |
0 |
14 |
24 |
Zhou Guanyu |
Kick Sauber Ferrari |
51 |
+148.841s |
0 |
15 |
31 |
Esteban Ocon |
Alpine Renault |
50 |
+1 lap |
0 |
16 |
77 |
Valtteri Bottas |
Kick Sauber Ferrari |
50 |
+1 lap |
0 |
17 |
11 |
Sergio Perez |
Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT |
49 |
DNF |
0 |
18 |
55 |
Carlos Sainz |
Ferrari |
49 |
DNF |
0 |
19 |
18 |
Lance Stroll |
Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes |
45 |
DNF |
0 |
NC |
22 |
Yuki Tsunoda |
RB Honda RBPT |
14 |
DNF |
0 |
Fastest Lap: Lando Norris
Source: F1.com
OT/Related: IndyCar's last race of the season is today. Big Machine Music City Grand Prix at the Nashville Superspeedway. 3:00p EDT.