McLaren driver Oscar Piastri finished third at the Italian Grand Prix, reaching the lowest step on the podium.

Piastri qualified in third, starting behind his teammate, Lando Norris, and Red Bull's Max Verstappen.

After 53 laps, the Aussie finished where he started, capping off an underwhelming weekend when he tried to avoid losing too many points in the title race.

Piastri came in with a 34-point lead in the Drivers' Championship, and at the end of one of his toughest weekends this season, the gap only closed to 31 points from Norris.

Following the race, Piastri reflected on the entire race weekend.

"A difficult beginning, maybe not my best first couple of laps. We seemed to have pretty good pace compared to Charles, then I had to get past, and it was a pretty lonely race from there,

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