Brundle's verdict on 'relentless' Norris, Piastri-Sainz incident and Malaysia return
Oscar Piastri seized the lead in the second corner of the race, and Charles Leclerc in his Ferrari secured fastest lap but could only muster a...
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- Oscar Piastri seized the lead in the second corner of the race, and Charles Leclerc in his Ferrari secured fastest lap but could only muster a fourth-place finish, and that would have been fifth had Lewis Hamilton in the sister Ferrari not attracted yet another penalty, this time for speeding in the pit-lane by 0.1kph.
- Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW📺 Relentless Norris and unfortunate Piastri Norris was on the radio saying that he was faster than team-mate Piastri in the lead, without specifically asking to be let through.
- McLaren pitted Piastri on Lap 16 to cover off the pit stops from Hamilton and Verstappen, and Norris next lap around on Lap 17.
- Piastri pitted on Lap 33 again to cover Hamilton on fresh tyres, and then Norris had his chance to prove he was indeed faster by running hard and pitting on Lap 39, giving him a decent tyre life offset to his team-mate Piastri.
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Oscar Piastri seized the lead in the second corner of the race, and Charles Leclerc in his Ferrari secured fastest lap but could only muster a fourth-place finish, and that would have been fifth had Lewis Hamilton in the sister Ferrari not attracted yet another penalty, this time for speeding in the pit-lane by 0.1kph. Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW📺 Relentless Norris and unfortunate Piastri Norris was on the radio saying that he was faster than team-mate Piastri in the lead, without specifically asking to be let through. McLaren pitted Piastri on Lap 16 to cover off the pit stops from Hamilton and Verstappen, and Norris next lap around on Lap 17. Piastri pitted on Lap 33 again to cover Hamilton on fresh tyres, and then Norris had his chance to prove he was indeed faster by running hard and pitting on Lap 39, giving him a decent tyre life offset to his team-mate Piastri. On that same Lap 39, Piastri was coming up to lap Carlos Sainz's Williams who was having his own battle with fellow countryman Fernando Alonso, and after running wide in the infamous Turn 2 which had given Piastri the lead on the opening lap, and which must have looked for all the world to...