168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri says he “made my case” against 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen at the start of the F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

The McLaren driver impressively claim👍ed his third victory from five races this season in Sunday night’s race in Jeddah, with the crucial, defining moment ꦡcoming right at the start.

Piastri, starting on the inside from P2, got a better launch than pole sitter Verstappen and appeared to edge ahead heading into the braking zone for T♔urn 1.

However, Verstappen kept the lead by taking to the run-off area and skipping the corner. This was 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:deemed an illegal action by the stewards, who handed the Red Bull driver a🧜 fiv🍌e-second time penalty.

An annoyed Verstappen served his penalty when he came in for his only pit stop and subsequently dropped behin🦂d Piastri, who went on to win by 2.843 seconds.

“It was a pretty tough race. Veryꦜ, very happy to have obviously won and, yeah, made the difference at the start. I made my case into Turn 1 and that was enough,” Piastri sa💖id after the race.

“It was really t⛄ricky to follow out there. I couldn't really stay with Max at the end of the first stint,🐼 just chewed up my tyres and then the clean air was nice after the pit stop.

“So, great race. We did the parts we ne🍰eded to right. Still need a bit more, I think. Max was a little bit too close for our liking, but a great race and a great weekend.”

Elaborating on his start, Piastri added: “Once I got on the inside, I wasn’t coming out ofꦓ Turn 1 in second. So I tried my best.

“Obviously, the stewards had to get involved, but I thought I was plenty far enough up aꦓnd in the end that’s what got me the race.

“So I'm very, very happy with all the work we've been doing in the starts. An💖d, yeah, that’s what won us the race today.”

Championship lead changes nothing for Oscar Piastri

The win takes Piastri to the top of the F1 world championship standings for the first time in his career. He leads McLaren teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris by 10 points.

But does the new position change anything for Piastri🦂?

“No,” he replied. “I still wan♔t to go out and try and ꦉwin every race I can.

“I'm not that bothered by the fact that I'm leading the championship, but I'm proud of the work and the reasons behind why we're leading 🐻the championship.

“Melbourne wasn't a great start to the year 🌺in terms of results. But from the moment I've hit the track this season, I felt like I've been in a good place.

“Leading the championship is a result of all the hard work we've done in the off-season, the hard 🌟work I've done personally, the hard work th🦹e team's done.

“I'm more proud o𝓡f all of those things than I am of the fact that I'm leading the championship because, ultimately, I want to be leading it after round 24, not round five.”