Piastri becomes 27th driver to achieve a 'grand slam' · RaceFans

Oscar Piastri’s ninth profession victory was notable because it provides him the identical variety of wins as each his workforce mate Lando Norris and supervisor Mark Webber.

However one thing made this achievement much more particular: it was additionally Piastri’s first ‘grand slam’. The McLaren driver received from pole place, led each lap and set quickest lap.

He turned the twenty seventh driver in Formulation 1 historical past to attain the feat. That complete features a quarter of at this time’s subject: Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen, Fernando Alonso and Charles Leclerc have all taken grand slams.

Piastri put himself on the right track for victory by taking the fifth pole place of his profession. That provides him as many as F1’s authentic world champion Giuseppe Farina, plus 1982 champion Keke Rosberg in addition to Chris Amon, Clay Regazzoni and Patrick Tambay.

This was additionally Piastri’s thirty third consecutive factors end. He’s now tied with Hamilton for third place within the all-time checklist of most consecutive scores. Hamilton holds the document with 48 and Verstappen is second on 43.

McLaren have been seven laps away from equalling the all-time document for many consecutive one-two finishes by a workforce. Norris held second place behind Piastri till a technical failure put him out. The document for 5 one-twos in a row is shared collectively by Mercedes (on three separate events between 2014 and 2019) and Ferrari (twice between 1952 and 2002).

Max Verstappen’s robust document in his dwelling race continued. Having received his first three appearances at Zandvoort he has now completed second within the different two.

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Norris’s retirement promoted Isack Hadjar to the ultimate podium place. He did so in solely his 14th profession begin (he didn’t formally begin the Australian Grand Prix after crashing out on the formation lap).

Coulthard went seven races with out scoring in 2008

Hadjar is the fifth-youngest driver in F1 historical past to face on the rostrum. The opposite 4 are all on the present grid together with record-holder Verstappen and Andrea Kimi Antonelli, who took his first podium earlier this 12 months in Canada. Lance Stroll and Lando Norris additionally scored their first podium finishes at a youthful age than Hadjar.

He gave Racing Bulls their first podium end below their present id, which they took this 12 months. It’s the sixth podium end for the workforce below its varied completely different names: they scored none as RB final 12 months, two throughout their four-year spell as AlphaTauri (the final of which was Pierre Gasly’s third place within the 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix) and three as Toro Rosso between 2006 and 2019. All these got here below their possession by Crimson Bull – the workforce by no means reached the rostrum below its authentic identify Minardi.

Alexander Albon completed fifth for the fourth time this 12 months. That 10-point haul was very important, because it ensured Aston Martin didn’t acquire on them. Nonetheless Hadjar’s consequence introduced Racing Bulls 5 factors nearer within the struggle for fifth within the constructors’ championship.

Yuki Tsunoda lastly scored his first factors for Crimson Bull after seven consecutive no-scores. That’s the longest point-less streak for a Crimson Bull driver since David Coulthard in 2008. Nonetheless this isn’t a wholly truthful comparability: factors have been solely awarded to the highest eight finishers then, and Coulthard had a ninth-place end throughout that run, which might have scored two factors at this time.

Nonetheless Ferrari failed to attain any factors as Hamilton and Leclerc went out in separate crashes on the identical nook. This was their first no-score in over a 12 months, the final coming in Canada final season. It leaves McLaren as the one workforce to have scored factors in each race this 12 months.

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