Oscar Piastri survived two close shaves with the crash barriers to finish third at the Monaco Grand Prix, chalking up another impressive Formula One milestone while hanging on to his diminishing lead in the championship standings.

McLaren's Oscar Piastri has grabbed pole for Formula 1's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix after pipping Max Verstappen's Red Bull in Imola qualifying. After the first salvo of Q3 runs Verstappen led the way with a 1m14.772s, half a tenth up on Piastri and two tenths ahead of Norris.

Over the weekend, that photo above made the rounds: AJ, an Oscar Piastri fan from Australia, had posted on X that he’d make a life-sized version of Piastri out of pizza if Piastri won pole. Folks: Piastri won pole, and AJ made the Pizzastri. I had to reach out to him and ask about this. Here’s my Q&A with AJ. Bon appétit.

His struggles for perfection and trouble with ‘traffic’, a notorious problem on the tight, sinuous streets of the Mediterranean principality, were echoed by most drivers including four-time champion Max Verstappen of Red Bull. “FP1 was quite positive,” he said.

George Russell has put his personal differences with Max Verstappen aside, hailing the Dutch ace as "one of the best ever" in Formula 1. This praise followed Russell's admission that Verstappen's overtake at the start of last Sunday's Imola race was "the best I've seen in a hell of a long time".

Oscar Piastri makes an unusual radio call back to his McLaren team every time as they enter the pit lane. Here's why.