Oscar Piastri lamented the number of times he’s brushed the walls during a “pretty messy” F1 Monaco Grand Prix weekend.

Piastri is♈ se𓂃t to start Sunday’s race in Monaco from third on the grid.

Throughout qualifying, Piastri looked like he was on the back foot relative to McLaren teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris.

Piastri couldn’t improve enough on his final run to beat 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc.

Norris found more time in the final sector to pip Le💯clerc to pole by just a 💦tenth.

Piastri has enjoyed an impressive start to th🍰e 2025 F1 season, winning four of the opening seven races.

While the momentꦬum has mainly been on his side, Norris will be confident of reducing Piastri’s lead after taking a crucial pole position.

Reflecting on qualifying, Piastri said: “I think I’ve hit more walls this weekend than I have in ♛my whole career, so it’s been untidy.

“Yeah, just been struggling to get into the groove a bit, I think in qualifying I was much happier with things and I felt pretty good. But෴, yeah, we’ve been doing some digging this weekend, and to come out with this result is a decent effort.

“I think toꦺ beat Lando today was going to be tough, so well done⛦, well done to him.

“It’s been a pret๊ty messy weekend so far, so to come out with a lap that I thought was pretty good and third is a decent result.”

Piastri’s F1 title lead under threat

There’s no doubt that so far this season Piastri has been the stronger 💙McLaren driver.

After his disappointing home race in Australia, where he ran 🎶wide on⛄to the grass before being beached at the penultimate corner for over a minute, Piastri has responded well.

Piast😼ri responded ওwith a victory at the Chinese Grand Prix as McLaren took a 1-2 finish.

While 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen was ♉victorious in Japan, Piastri went onඣ to take a hat-trick of wins in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Miami.

Piastri out-q♐ualified Norris at Imola - but an early pit stop which forced him onto a two-stop st꧒rategy didn’t work in his favour.

With Norris seemingly getting more comfortable with the MCL39 after a difficult start to the season, especially in qualifying, Piastri wi𓆉ll have to hit back again soon.