40 minutes until the start: Oscar Piastri's commentary

40 minutes until the start: Oscar Piastri's commentary

      Oscar Piastri will start fifth in Las Vegas and hopes to make up ground…

      Oscar Piastri: "I was a bit unlucky in qualifying because of yellow flags, but that was out of my control. Of course you want to be fully in control, and at first the weekend was going quite well, but qualifying took place in difficult conditions and everyone had little information about how the cars would behave. Nevertheless, everything was going fairly well up to the final session…

      We'll see what awaits us today, since the race takes place in completely different conditions. Besides, nobody managed to do a long run, so it's quite possible that the Las Vegas Grand Prix will play out in a rather interesting way.

      My mindset is this: the main thing is to have a clean race and make it to the finish, but if the opportunity arises to score a lot of points through aggressive driving or through strategy, it should definitely be taken."

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40 minutes until the start: Oscar Piastri's commentary

Oscar Piastri starts fifth in Las Vegas and hopes to fight back...