F1 Miami Grand Prix 2025, Oscar Piastri wins, Jack Doohan crashes video reactions to win

Sky Sports activities commentator Martin Brundle has made an enormous name in Oscar Piastri‘s favour, saying the Australian has the “edge” over teammate Lando Norris after his faultless win in Miami.

Monday marked Piastri’s third consecutive grand prix win – the primary time in 28 years a McLaren driver has gained three grands prix in a row.

It’s the first time an Aussie driver has gained three races in a row since Alan Jones in 1980 and 1981.

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The Australian famous person prolonged his lead within the Method 1 drivers’ championship with the victory and leads Norris by 16 factors within the standings.

“[He’s] positively received the sting over Norris on the subject of race craft,” Brundle stated of Piastri.

“Norris appears to have a fraction of an edge over tempo, however…Piastri is getting the job carried out.

“He is getting strikes carried out. He is not making errors. And he is getting victories.”

Brundle says Piastri’s consistency is what has been main the Aussie to continued success.

Jenson Button – the 2009 F1 world champion – echoed these sentiments, saying his “tempo was unbelievable.”

“Superb job by Oscar this weekend. As quickly as he will get within the lead he is formidable. He simply controls the race and it is extraordinary to look at,” Button stated.

Piastri began Monday’s race in fourth place however leapt to second within the first 4 laps.

He then took the lead on lap 14 when he overtook polesitter Max Verstappen.

By lap 18 he drove to an eight-second lead, and held it to complete forward of Norris with Mercedes driver George Russell taking an opportunistic ultimate spot on the Miami podium.

Russell was capable of leapfrog Verstappen for third after he benefitted from the Digital Security Automobile, leaving the Purple Bull driver trying to find tempo and driving house in fourth.

“I gained the race that I actually needed to,” Piastri stated.

“Yesterday was a difficult day. The dash was what it was, however qualifying was most likely one in every of my trickiest periods of the 12 months, and to return away with a win nonetheless on Sunday (Monday AEST) is a formidable end result.

“There was a little bit of argy bargy at flip one which helped me out a bit, after which I used to be conscious sufficient to keep away from Max coming via at flip one.

“The automobile was unbelievable as we speak.

“I feel in direction of the top I began to get issues a bit extra again underneath management… very proud of the win, very proud of the factors however always received to continue learning.

“Very glad to be leaving Miami on high.

“It is simply unbelievable, the exhausting work that is gone in. I keep in mind two years in the past right here in Miami we had been genuinely the slowest group. I feel we received lapped twice.

“To now have gained the grand prix by over 35 seconds to 3rd is an unbelievable end result and the exhausting work of each single particular person – firstly the individuals right here on the observe however everybody on the manufacturing facility as effectively.”

The win extends Piastri’s championship lead forward of teammate Norris. He has taken 4 of the season’s six race victories and appears to be the strongest contender for the drivers’ championship.

Norris began second on the grid subsequent to polesitter Verstappen, however misplaced three locations on the primary couple of laps after operating off the observe making an attempt to make a transfer on Verstappen.

“He pressured me off… what am I meant to do, drive into the wall or one thing?” Norris stated on group radio.

McLaren group principal Andrea Stella admitted that the group got here into the Miami weekend with the quicker automobile in scorching circumstances and had been capable of maximise efficiency higher than the remainder of the grid.

“It proves that the automobile was very aggressive as we speak, effectively carried out to [our drivers] for exploiting the efficiency that now we have accessible within the automobile,” stated Stella.

“Particularly in scorching circumstances it seems to be like our race tempo is unquestionably very robust.”

In the meantime, younger Aussie driver Jack Doohan‘s race completed prematurely after a tangle and collison with Liam Lawson at flip one.

The 22-year-old’s race ended nearly instantly after it started on Monday morning attributable to a tyre puncture from the incident.

Lawson managed to get his automobile again on the observe however Doohan was pressured off and his race was completed.

Doohan had certified for the primary time forward of his Alpine teammate Pierre Gasly in 14th and Sky Sports activities commentator David Croft admitted it was “wretched luck” in Miami for the younger Australian.