Formula 1 live ticker: Chronology of Maxiko's Saturday

Complete mystery for Oscar Piastri, whose world championship title is threatening to slip away. Time to let him speak for himself, but that doesn't sound any more optimistic: "Everything feels normal. But the gap was big this session and it's been big all weekend. I think I did a reasonable job in qualifying, and the car felt reasonable as well. So, yes, the missing lap time is a bit of a mystery." He confirms that the problems are similar to Austin: "In some ways, they're not all that different. What surprised me a bit here is that the gap has stayed pretty much the same in every session. I feel like I've been doing decent laps over the weekend, but everything seems about four or five tenths too slow."

He says he's "just a little frustrated." "There are a lot of things I could be worried about, but ultimately, it's difficult to be so far behind when you feel like you've done a decent job. That's my biggest concern right now. I haven't really changed my driving style since the start of the season and compared to the races when everything was going really well. So it's difficult to say exactly where the lap time was lacking this weekend."

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