By Nick Mulvenney SINGAPORE, Oct 4 (Reuters) – Formula One championship leader Oscar Piastri said he was a bit surprised that his McLaren was outpaced by Mercedes and Red Bull in qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix on Saturday. The Australian was only able to manage the third fastest lap and will line up on the second row behind Mercedes pole-sitter George Russell and Red Bull's world champion Max Verstappen in Sunday's race. Given that he crashed in both qualifying and the race in the last round in Azerbaijan, however, Piastri was happy just to have had a clean session at the Marina Bay circuit. "I just don't think we had to pace tonight, which is a little bit of a surprise for us," he told reporters. "But we've not had the easiest last couple of weekends. So it's not a huge surprise

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