Piastri: The race in Spa is the best of my career so far

Oscar Piastri took the podium at Spa and is happy with his performance…

Q: Oscar, you had a great race. Are you satisfied?
Oscar Piastri: Yes, overall I am satisfied. Good race. It could have been done with one pit stop, and now many are wondering why they didn’t.

The car was fast, I had a good race, but a not very successful qualifying prevented me from achieving more.

Q: Your tires were only one lap older than Russell’s. Did you consider doing the race with one pit stop?
Oscar Piastri: I thought about it, but not too seriously. I was surprised how much the disrupted airflow made a difference in this race. When Lewis and Charles made their second pit stop, I went a second faster, just because I was on a clear track. And then the lap time went back again.

Maybe we should have looked more at the strategy of one pitstop, but with two we drove a good race. As I said, everything was decided in qualifying the day before.

Q: You said you had a good race. Do you think this was one of your best Formula 1 races?
Oscar Piastri: I would say yes. It was not easy to get around Charles. If I had not managed to get ahead on that lap, I would probably have been stuck for a long time. This was the key moment of the race.

I rode a high pace and felt really good this weekend. The pace was already excellent on Friday. I was kicking myself a bit because I couldn’t qualify properly, but the race went great.

Q: Oscar, you are clearly improving as the season progresses. How do you feel going into the summer break after perhaps your best Formula 1 race?
Oscar Piastri: Yes, I have performed well in the last few weeks and overall the season is going well so far.

Several weekends were difficult. Japan and China, and Barcelona, ​​but the rest of the races went well. Yes, not everything went as we wanted. Penalties for limiting the track, accidents or mistakes – it was always there, but the last few weekends I managed to get everything in order. I feel like I made a step forward compared to last year.

Last year it would have been difficult for me in a race like Spa, but I improved a lot and the car was very fast. I feel like I’m picking up a good pace, but I know how quickly it can go the other way. But I’m just trying to accelerate and everything seems to work.