Oscar Piastri

I got the absolute most out of myself in practice.

I got very close to the absolute most in qualifying.

I got the absolute most out of the race.

And we were quick enough to finish second.

Me and the car and the team, that was all we had.

And again, the history books will say I got beaten by 15 seconds.

That's where our sport is a little bit funny and where you have to be very disciplined in kind of focusing on the right things because, again, I left that weekend happier than I probably left half the races I've won in my career.

And that's a really big...

important factor for me is making sure you leave every weekend knowing that you've done absolutely everything that you can regardless of whether you've won the race whether you've finished 10th whether you finished 15th even as long as you can leave the weekend going knowing that I did absolutely everything I could in my control that's good enough for me so when we talk about belief right

Probably after Melbourne last year.

Right.

Um,

Again, in the history books, I finished ninth and it wasn't a race filled with great memories.

But I left that weekend knowing that I'd taken a big step forward from the year before.

I knew I still had...

some steps and improvements to make but I knew that I was really close to just being able to kind of maximize my potential I think through my first two years of F1 there was always a bit of a lingering feeling of a little bit of hope a little bit of you know I need to do something a little bit extra or I need to do something a bit special and

But after Melbourne in 2025, I knew within myself and especially after China when I won, I knew that as long as I got close to my potential,

that I could win races.

And obviously a big part of that comes from the car that you're in.

And especially the first half of the season, I knew that if I got close to my potential, then realistically I probably only had to beat Lando.