File photograph of Oscar Piastri© AFP
McLaren’s Oscar Piastri gained the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on Sunday from Red Bull polesitter Max Verstappen to steer the world championship for the primary time in his profession.
Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari accomplished the rostrum for this fifth spherical of the season beneath the floodlights on the Jeddah Corniche Circuit.
Piastri’s third win this 12 months was largely determined on the first flip, when Verstappen picked up a five-second penalty for gaining a bonus after going off the monitor.
He turns into the primary Australian to steer the drivers’ standings since his agent, Mark Webber, 15 years in the past.
“Very happy to have won, made the difference at the start. Great race.
“Max was nonetheless a bit too shut for my liking!” Piastri stated, after crossing the road 2.843 seconds away from the four-time world champion.
His McLaren teammate Lando Norris, who went into the weekend main the standings, took fourth forward of the 2 Mercedes of George Russell and Kimi Antonelli.
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