The McLaren driver, who discovered he had lost third place on the grid for Sunday’s race stay throughout a tv interview on Friday, stated he didn’t need to get dissatisfied once more in gentle of the potential delay in penalties being handed out.
Talking straight after the session, as he edged out team-mate Lando Norris to secure a McLaren front row for Saturday’s sprint, Piastri smiled about ready for the ultimate nod that he was really on pole.
“Yeah, very, very comfortable,” he stated. “I’d simply give the FIA 5 minutes first to ensure I am really on pole!
“However so long as that is okay, then very, very comfortable. It was a reasonably good lap.
“I noticed Lando on the large display made a mistake on the final nook, so I do not know what his lap was wanting like, however I’m very, very comfortable.”
The dash shootout session was marred by one other barrage of observe limits penalties, with a number of drivers – together with Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen, Fernando Alonso, Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez having instances disallowed.
Whereas McLaren ended up with its automobiles locking out the entrance row for Saturday’s dash race, Piastri stated it had not been a straightforward session as he felt issues had been getting away from him early on.
“I believe I struggled fairly a bit within the first two elements of that qualifying, however then received my act collectively a bit extra for the final one,” he stated.
Oscar Piastri, McLaren MCL60
Photograph by: Steven Tee / Motorsport Images
Piastri’s pole got here after an intriguing build-up to trace working, following concerns about potential tyre problems for Sunday’s race.
Drivers got an additional 10-minute apply session to get used to a brand new observe limits structure at Turns 12-13, the place a painted kerb had now opened up the door to additional problems with drivers working large.
Requested how the modifications had been, Piastri stated: “Yeah, it adjustments it a bit. I believe additionally, as a result of it is a painted kerb, it is unimaginable to know the place it’s. We won’t see it.
“So yeah, it makes issues a bit harder. However clearly, it is the identical for everybody.”