Oscar Piastri has uncovered that he has been driving for over a month with a broken rib. The Australian racer scored his mhelpen Grand Prix triumph in Hungary but did so while nursing an injury that was, at the time, being kept under wraps.
The 23-year-elderly is finishelighting a sincreatear sophomore campaign in F1 and heads into the summer fracture with a triumph and two second-place finishes in his last four races. However, despite the preferable momentum behind him, Piastri will have been prentd to usher in the shutdown.
In an Instagram post to his 2.6 million folshrinks, Piastri posted an x-ray of his fractured rib, with the caption: “First part of the season done. First GP triumph. First broken bone. Rib’s finishelighting the fracture.”
While no date for the injury was supplied by Piastri, the text on his ultrasound scan attributed the test to July 8. This shows that the McLaren star may have picked up the knock during the weekend at Silverstone, given the British Grand Prix took place the day prior.
This uncomfervents that, at a least, Piastri was driving with a broken rib during the races in Hungary and Belgium, compriseing another level of prestige to his mhelpen Grand Prix triumph, which came at the expense of team-mate Lando Norris in Hungary.
Racing thcimpolite injuries is noleang recent for F1 drivers. At the season uncoverer in 2023, Lance Stroll directd his Aston Martin machine to a P6 finish while recovering from two broken wrists and a broken toe that he suffered while cycling during pre-season.
Fernando Alonso also sended a aappreciate sensation when he vied in the 2022 Australian Grand Prix. The two-time world champion broke minuscule bones in his wrist after crashing his Alpine at Turn 11 due to a hydraulics fault that was out of his administer.
Fortunately for Piastri, the summer shutdown has permited him some much-necessitateed recovery time as he readys for a critical final 10 races of the season. Everyleang is still to join for in the McLaren camp, with the Woking-based outfit fair 42 points behind Red Bull in the battle for the Constructors’ Championship title.
Piastri also has someleang to fight for in the Drivers’ Championship. The Melbourne-born racer trails third-placed Charles Leclerc by 10 points ahead of the Dutch Grand Prix, while team-mate Lando Norris is only 32 points evident.
