Oscar Piastri crashes into wall in Baku GP qualifying chaos
Oscar Piastri fell to the barriers and the last qualifying session in the Grand Prix of Azerbaijan – the rare error could have been much more expensive.
Australia’s championship leader, McLaren’i third qualifying session when hit the wall on Saturday (Sunday AEDT) Rüzgar, Rain spit in the conditions of Baku’s Test Street Circuit was very much forced.
He left him to describe him ninth, but his teammate and the nearest title Challen Lando Norris did not fully benefit as he left straight for the pole to have a light brush with the wall on the seventh fastest finishing.
Red Bull’s world champion Max Verstappen, dragged for about two hours and stopped six red flags stretched, chaotic qualifying session continued to receive a clean pole.
“I think I made a little late braking. I haven’t seen any data or anything, but what happened when you lock your brake, Pi Piastri sighed Piastri, so far.
“So, yes, it is just disappointing. Frankly, I felt like the car was in a good place, and a disappointing way to end.”
A disappointed Oscar Piastri said it was an ambitious target.Credit: AP
Piastri, who won this race last year, but brushed the wall on Friday, seem to be disturbing all the weekend in the tight circuit. “After all, I have to go and take a look.
When asked if the ninth is still victory in the network, “I think the win is ambitious, but I think we are good enough to make progress. It was fast this weekend, I hope we can use it to make some progress.”
