McLaren’s Oscar Piastri cruised to the victory within the Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on Sunday to maneuver atop the motive force’s championship after 5 races on the season.
While turning into the primary driver this season to win whereas not beginning on the pole, Piastri was effectively forward of runner-up Max Verstappen of Red Bull, who was given a five-second penalty for leaving the monitor and gaining a bonus early within the race.
Charles Leclerc completed third to provide Ferrari its first podium of the season. Piastri’s McLaren teammate Lando Norris completed fourth, whereas Mercedes’ George Russell completed fifth and Kimi Antonelli was sixth.
With his third victory of the season, and second consecutive after successful at Bahrain final week, Piastri turns into the primary driver from Australia to steer the drivers’ championship standings since Mark Webber in 2010. It is the primary time Piastri has led the drivers’ standings in his F1 profession.
Piastri, who was No. 2 on the beginning grid, finally took the lead on the three.8-mile monitor after Verstappen served his penalty throughout a pit cease on Lap 22. He completed off his fifth profession victory in his 51st begin with out a lot of a problem from Verstappen.
In addition to victories at Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, Piastri additionally gained the second race of the season at China. McLaren has gained 4 of the 5 races after Norris gained the season-opening race at Australia.
Verstappen’s runner-up end got here after he gained the Saudi Arabia Grand Prix in two of the earlier years.
After per week off, F1 strikes to the United States for the primary time this season with the May 4 Miami Grand Prix.
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