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

Piastri is set to start Sunday’s ra🌃ce 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 Leclerc to pole ♛by just a tenth.

Piastri h🍸as enjoyed an impressive start to the 2025 F1 season, winning four of the opening seven races.

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

Reflecting on qual🧸ifying, 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 quali🍰fying I was much happier with things and I felt pretty good. Bu💎t, yeah, we’ve been doing some digging this weekend, and to come out with this result is a decent effort.

“I think to beat Lando today was going to b🐠e tough, so well done, well done to him.

“It’s been a pretty 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 t🌄hat so far this season Piastri has been th🌼e stronger McLaren driver.

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

Piastri responded with a victory at the Chinese Grand Prix as McLaren took a 1-2 finis💦h.

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

Piastri out-qualified Norris at Imola - but an early pit sto𓆉p which forced him onto a two-stop strategy didn’t work in his favour.

With Norris seemingly getting more comfortable with the MCL39 after a difficult start to the season, especiall🌊y in qualifying, Piastri will have💟 to hit back again soon.