Piastri’s restoration to the factors denied Alex Albon and Williams what would have been a morale-boosting consequence after their tough run of incident-filled race weekends. The Thai driver climbed up the order from P18 to problem for a reward, solely to be overhauled by the Australian within the closing levels. Nonetheless, it marked a extra encouraging race for the Grove squad as they head into the winter.
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Lacking out
It was departing F1 driver Kevin Magnussen who simply did not make the minimize on what appears to be like to be his remaining race weekend within the sport, the Dane displaying spectacular tempo at instances however having his race majorly undone after a crash with Valtteri Bottas.
He was narrowly forward of 2024 champion Max Verstappen, who did not impress this weekend regardless of capping off the 12 months because the second-most feted driver in our Energy Rankings, behind Norris.
