Verstappen impresses at Windsor: 'Lovely piece of driving'
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- Toby McLuskie
Peter Windsor is a big fan of Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri. The F1 analyst praises the reigning world champion's overtaking action, while at the same time, he is impressed by the way the Australian McLaren driver has been performing this weekend.
"At the restart, Max was just on him. This is a guy with everything to lose," Windsor said in an analysis on his YouTube account. "Oscar Piastri is seriously good. And he's young. Max doesn't know the way he drives. He doesn't know him very well, probably, at all. And there he was, out Eau-Rouge right on him.
And then, of course, the headwind, if you like, came into play. He's in seventh gear, going through Eau-Rouge, gets eighth, and then pulls out, boom, straight past. Lovely piece of driving. Really, really good."
That Piastri could not defend his first place after the restart is not down to Piastri himself, according to the Briton. He is impressed by the rookie who has only 11 F1 races behind his name. ". Oscar Piastri, I think, to me, he's all class. And I love his approach. I love the way he's just iconic and very, very relaxed about everything. And yeah, for me, he said it all with what he was doing today out there on the track."
Penalty Hamilton too harsh
Lewis Hamilton was given a five-second penalty by the stewards after hitting Sergio Perez. Windsor does not entirely agree, as he believes that this kind of thing can happen when it is wet and there is less rubber on the track and therefore a lot less grip.