Feeling as if his runner's-up finish at the Japanese Grand Prix was "as good as a win", a buoyant Oscar Piastri predicts rejuvenated McLaren can still cause headaches this season for Formula One's dominant Mercedes pacesetters.
Enjoying what he hailed as "one of my best weekends in F1" in Suzuka, Piastri demonstrated with his second-place behind Mercedes' teen ace Kimi Antonelli -- which might have been even better if not for an unfortunately-timed safety car -- that constructors champs McLaren are back in business.
So is the 24-year-old Australian himself after finally managing to get off the start line in the season's third race and rocket up the title race leaderboard to sixth --even if there's still a yawning 51-point gap behind the youngest ever championship leader, 19-year-old Antonelli.
