A disappointing qualifying for the Woking staff noticed the Australian begin solely 18th, however after avoiding the primary nook mayhem he made good progress up the order and even ran in third place.
Nonetheless, the technique of operating the opening two stints on laborious tyres after a conflict with Lewis Hamilton triggered a untimely first pit go to and obliged him to make a late pitstop for mediums below inexperienced flag circumstances.
That dropped him down the order, though he managed to recuperate to tenth place whereas additionally logging the bonus level for the quickest lap.
Requested by Autosport if he might have gotten extra out of the race with a distinct technique, he mentioned: “Yeah, I believe so. I believe the timing of the protection automotive was just about excellent for the blokes who stayed out on mediums firstly.
“You have a look at [Esteban] Ocon, and it labored completely for him, and I used to be actually wishing the rule of utilizing two compounds did not exist, as a result of I might’ve simply gone to the tip on the hards and I believe we had the tempo to hold on to P4, in order that was a disgrace.
“However the tempo of the automotive was a extremely good shock. I believe yesterday [qualifying] wasn’t significantly consultant of our tempo, however immediately [race] was most likely higher than we anticipated, so we have to perceive what the distinction was.
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Oscar Piastri, McLaren MCL60
“Numerous groups appeared to be extremely completely different from yesterday – Williams we thought can be fairly fast immediately and weren’t. A couple of issues to have a look at, but it surely virtually feels we deserved a bit greater than P10.”
Commenting on the lap 16 contact with Hamilton which left each drivers with punctures, Piastri added: “It was sort of simply a clumsy one. Neither of us had actually dedicated to the nook that a lot, after which we each dedicated on the final minute after which I used to be making an attempt to again out of it.
“However we simply ended up assembly within the center, so I had a puncture from that. I do not suppose it actually harm our race that a lot, in all honesty.
“It might have been attention-grabbing to see if a one-stop might’ve labored from that time, but it surely’s all the time laborious to know.
“We’d have been a sitting duck like [Pierre] Gasly, just about. Numerous issues for lots of people went fallacious in that race, and I believe I used to be in the identical boat.”