McLaren | GP Baku, Piastri's admission after qualifying: "Impossible to beat Leclerc"

He couldn't do more than that. Oscar Piastri second at the end of the qualifications of Baku and in the middle of the Ferrari di Leclerc e Sainz leaving. The pilot of the McLaren he demonstrated once again that he certainly has more serenity than his teammate Norris, seventeenth at the end of the day and sixteenth on the grid due to the disqualification of Gasley. The Australian knew he had very little chance of beating Charles on the fastest lap in Azerbaijan, given that yesterday's was the fourth consecutive pole position for the Monegasque on this track, but it does not exclude battles in the race for the victory.

“I don't think it was possible to beat Leclerc – Piastri admitted after qualifying. It wasn’t the cleanest lap of my life, maybe I had a margin, but I messed up a lot: I touched the walls but I don’t think I lost three tenths in that moment. I’m happy with second place, it’s the maximum possible and it’s a good starting position. From the grid to the first corner the distance is short, so it’s not easy to recover positions, but the road to turn 3 is longer, I’ll try to make the most of that”.