McLaren driver explains his brave, winning overtake in Baku that he felt was a case of 'now or never'
Oscar Piastri says his winning pass on Charles Leclerc in Formula 1's Azerbaijan Grand Prix came right after his race engineer urged him to bring in his new tyres cautiously. Piastri made his winning move on lap 20 of the 53-lap one-stop race, right after the only pitstop sequence, with the McLaren driver and Leclerc fighting tooth and nail for the rest of what turned out to be punishing hard tyre stint for both.
'If I didn't take that opportunity then I was never going to have another one, I think. Credit to Charles, he was incredibly fair. I think maybe he thought I was going to sail on into the run-off but I was pleasantly surprised that I actually made the corner. 'It was a high-risk, high-commitment move but that's what I needed to do to try and win the race.
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