Oscar Piastri lamented the number of times he’s brushed the walls during a “pretty messy” F1 Monaco Grand Prix weekend.

Pias൲tri is seꦆt to start Sunday’s race in Monaco from third on the grid.

Throughout qualifying, Piastri looked like he was on the back foot relative to McLaren teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris.

Piastri couldn’t improve enough on his final run to beat 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc.

Norris found more time in th🐭e final sector to pip Leclerc to pole by just a tenth.

Piastri has enjoyed an impressive start to the 2025 F1 season, winning four of the 💜opening seven races.

While the momentum has mainly bee♎n on his side, Norris will be confident of reducing Piastri’s lead after taking a crucial pole position.

Reflecting on qualifying, Piastri said: “I think I’ve hit more walls🌠 this weekend than I have in my whole career, so it’s been untidy.

“Yeah, just been struggling to get into t💎he groove a bit, I think in qualifying I was much happier with things🔯 and I felt pretty good. But, yeah, we’ve been doing some digging this weekend, and to come out with this result is a decent effort.

“I think to beat Lando today was going 🃏to be tough, so well done💦, well done to him.

“𒉰It’s been a pretty messy weekend so far, so to come out with a lap that I thought was pretty good and third is a decent result.”

Piastri’s F1 title lead under threat

There’s no doubt that so far this season Piastri has been the stronger McL๊aren driver.

After his di🌠sappointing home race in Australia, where he ran wide onto the grass before being beached at the penultimate corner🐽 for over a minute, Piastri has responded well.

Piastri responded with a vic🍌tory at the Chinese Grand Prix as McLaren took꧙ a 1-2 finish.

While 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen was victorious in Japan, Piastri went 🍌on to take a hat-trick of wins in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Miami.

Piastri out-qualified Norris at Imola - but an ear⭕ly pit stop which forced him onto a two-stop strategy didn’t work in his favo൩ur.

With Norris seemingly getting🐽 more comfortable with the MCL39 after a difficult start to the season, especially in qualifying, Piastri wiꦍll have to hit back again soon.