Sam Bird left amazed by ‘stunning’ Oscar Piastri moment during the Singapore Grand Prix

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The Singapore Grand Prix wasn’t the most exciting of affairs, with little action up and down the field and few overtakes between drivers.

Nor was there much of a strategic element to things, with most drivers opting to go for a simple one-stop strategy.

Lando Norris delivered an imperious performance for McLaren, albeit with a few scrapes on the wall along the way, to help close the gap further in the drivers’ championship.

Oscar Piastri backed him up with a sensible and patient drive to third place, despite facing traffic and some tricky opposition.

Oscar Piastri puts a ‘stunning’ move on Lewis Hamilton

After dragging out his first stint on the medium tyres, Piastri stopped halfway through the race and re-joined in a net fifth place.

Behind both Mercedes drivers, albeit with a considerable tyre life advantage on the hard compound, he closed seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton down almost immediately.

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Launching an attack on the Brit around the outside of seven, he placed his car in the perfect position to claim fourth.

Speaking about the move on BBC Sport, Formula E race winner Sam Bird reserved high praise for the Australian driver.

“The hard tyres of Lewis Hamilton are getting old now, that’s a stunning move from Oscar Piastri,” he said.

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Although it’s a bit too late for a championship charge, Piastri’s recent form has been excellent and earned him plenty of plaudits.

He now sits just a matter of points behind Charles Leclerc in the drivers’ championship for third place – which would be a terrific result in his second ever season.

He didn’t look quite as comfortable as teammate Norris in Singapore, but he didn’t set himself up too well during qualifying on Saturday which hampered his race.

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If he had managed to start third, it may have been a completely different race and it’s likely that he would have at least competed with Max Verstappen for second place.

His manager Mark Webber mentioned that as he finished one of his laps in Q3, he may have disturbed the air of Carlos Sainz causing him to crash.

In comparison – Sainz who also started slightly out of position, showed much less race pace than Piastri and proved how well the Australian is driving currently.