{"id":347475,"date":"2023-11-18T08:44:45","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T09:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=347475"},"modified":"2023-11-18T10:00:58","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T10:00:58","slug":"piastri-flops-in-vegas-as-verstappen-beaten-to-pole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=347475","title":{"rendered":"Piastri flops in Vegas as Verstappen beaten to pole"},"content":{"rendered":"

A\ufeffustralian Formula 1<\/a> prodigy Oscar Piastri<\/a> will start the Las Vegas Grand Prix 19th after having a terrible qualifying run on Saturday night (AEDT).<\/p>\n

The McLaren young gun\ufeff was second on the timesheets in practice three but flopped in qualifying one, failing to advance after only managing a fastest lap of 1:35.068.<\/p>\n

The overwhelming consensus is Ferrari was robbed of a front-row lock-out after Charles Leclerc took pole and Carlos Sainz clocked the second-quickest lap. Despite doing that, Sainz will start 12th on Sunday night (AEDT) due to the 10-place grid penalty he automatically triggered after being cruelled by a loose drain cover on the opening night<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Three-time world champion Max Verstappen will start second in his Red Bull, while\ufeff Mercedes' George Russell snagged third on the grid.<\/p>\n

It was a sorrowful night for both Australians as Daniel Ricciardo only managed to qualify 15th in his newly adopted AlphaTauri.\ufeff<\/p>\n

\"Oscar<\/p>\n

Piastri was clearly frustrated as he spoke with Formula 1 TV after his qualifying run.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"Earlier tonight the pace in P3 [practice three]\ufeff was good. The tyres were in a good place. The pace at the start of qualifying was good," Piastri said.<\/p>\n

"I don't know if we were one of the only ones to not use two sets of tyres. If we were I think that probably explains it a lot, because [over] the first few laps we were in the top five more or less. So I don't think it was really an issue with pace; just [the] run plan maybe wasn't what it should have been."<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old laughed about avoiding the Las Vegas nightlife while preparing to start a long way back on the grid.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"Well, I'm not going to go to the casino and hopefully all the luck comes out tomorrow," Piastri said with a grin.<\/p>\n

"There's a lot of long straights, tight corners. The tyres are very difficult to get in the window, so maybe that'll catch some people out.<\/p>\n

"We'll try our best.\ufeff"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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