168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Oscar Piastri has explained his “hairpin of my life” radio message after securing a maiden F1 pole position at the Chinese Grand Prix.

Piastri grabbed his first-ever pole in a regular grand prix qualifying session by being fastest of all on both of his Q3 laps at the Shanghai International Circuit as he pipped Mercedes’ 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell by 0.082s.

The Australian improved on his second lap despite initially being down in the first sector, and credited “the hairpin of my life” a♐s being key over team radio as he celebrated his milestone result.

Asked about that radio message, Piastri said: “My first lap was h💃onestly better than my second lap but just the hairpin at the end of the straight I lost a🐈 bit of time and didn’t do the best hairpin.

“The second lap I was about two tenths down on myself,𝔍 so I kind of just w𒁏ent ‘why not send it?’ into the hairpin and gained those two tenths back and then found a little bit more in the last corner.

“Honestly, without that hairpin, I was tempted to box befo𒀰🔯re that, so I’m pretty happy now that I didn’t. I just did a corner.”

Piastri added: “It means a lot. Being close a few times now and nice to finally have my first pole. I’vꦆe had a couple of sprint poles but to have the first grand prix pole, it means a bit more. Pretty pumped to be honest.

“I’ve worked hard for it and feel like the start of the season has been strong. Obviously the result in Melbourne was a shame but I feel like I’ve been doing a good job otherwise and just happy to end upꦛ on pole.”

On his prospects for Sunday’s grand prix, Piastri said: "I want to make sure I keep the clean air. I was pretty happy after the Sprint. We did the most ܫwe could. I would have been happier with one spot higher, but with how the race turned out I couldn't have asked for much more.

"I feel like we learned a loℱt and🦩 I'm looking forward to putting that into use tomorrow.”

McLaren boss praises 'mega' Oscar Piastri lap

McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown 🥂hailed Piastri’s “mega lap” as the team made it back-to-back poles at the start of the 2025 season.

"It's awesome to have Osca🌟r get his first pole. He's been close, a lot of front rows, and that was a mega lap,” Brown told Sky Sports. "Only he and George I think improved, I think the wind direction changed.ജ It was an awesome last sector.

"This has been a tricky weekend for us so far. We know we have the pace, we know we have ▨the pace in the drivers and the car. The Sprint race was great for Oscar, less so for Lando. I'm sure Lando's a little bit grumpy he's not on that front row with him, but he can see him.

“I know it's a short year so far but we've been saying this is going to be a really close season. If you miss a sector or lock a wheel you're going to be P6 or P♈7."