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A hat-trick for Piastri at Miami GP
Bangkok Post
|May 06, 2025
Oscar Piastri made it a hat-trick of wins with victory in the Miami Grand Prix on Sunday as McLaren enjoyed a one-two on the podium to continue their dominant Formula One season.
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Australian Piastri finished 4.6 seconds ahead of British teammate Lando Norris with George Russell of Mercedes finishing third but 37.6 seconds behind.
The victory was the third in a row for Piastri after his wins in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia and his fourth in the six races so far this season.
With Norris pipping Piastri in Saturday’s sprint race, McLaren picked up maximum points from the weekend and Piastri heads out of Miami with a 16 point lead over his teammate.
Four-time world champion Max Verstappen, who started on pole, finished in fourth place with Alex Albon of Williams fifth and 18-year-old Italian Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes in sixth.
“I was aware enough to avoid Max in turn one, and from then I knew I had a good pace advantage,” Piastri said. “The car was incredible today.
This story is from the May 06, 2025 edition of Bangkok Post.
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