Mark Hughes: Why McLaren's safety buffer has disappeared
Grand Prix qualifying around Shanghai saw Oscar Piastri properly exploit the McLaren in a way that wasn’t possible on Friday thanks to the compromised SQ3 run plan in sprint qualifying. He secured his first GP pole as a result which is potentially gold dust for his prospects of winning the race, given how much graining everyone’s front tyres were suffering in the sprint and the advantage Lewis Ham...
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