Piastri: “Safety cars my friend” for Qatar F1 sprint win

Piastri departed from pole after topping Saturday’s sprint shootout, but having started on mediums the Australian was passed by the soft tyre-shod Mercedes of George Russell on a lap three restart.But while the softs proved a handy advantage on the restarts, the more robust medium compound was clearly the way to go over the 19-lap contest.On lap 10 Piastri duly swept past Russell to retake the …Keep reading