No Party For Me, Please: Piastri

Aussie eyes Saudi GP after his Bahrain win closes gap on McLaren teammate Norris

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SAKHIR - Oscar Piastri is putting the party on hold, even as he wrapped up a dream weekend in Bahrain to leave McLaren with their two drivers atop the Formula One drivers' standings.

The Australian bossed practice and qualifying, and then produced a controlled drive under floodlights in Sakhir to follow up his success in China in March.

Teammate Lando Norris was hard on himself after a qualifying session that left him starting in sixth.

A brilliant start in the main race on April 13 took him to third, and despite a five-second penalty for mispositioning his car on the grid, he secured a valiant third, with only George Russell's Mercedes denying a famous McLaren 1-2.

The result widened McLaren's lead in the constructors' championship over Mercedes to 58 points. In the drivers' title race, Norris leads Piastri by just three points.

Max Verstappen slipped to third, a further five points away. Red Bull left Bahrain looking for answers on their problematic car after Verstappen had to settle for sixth, behind Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton.