McLaren driver Oscar Piastri has set the fastest time in Friday's second practice session at the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix. Piastri set his benchmark halfway through the one-hour session to grab the lead from Mercedes driver George Russell.

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Formula 1 championship leader Oscar Piastri kept McLaren on top in second Spanish Grand Prix practice on Friday.

That will play on his mind for the rest of the day because now he will be there studying the data and he will see how Oscar was so quick there, so quick there.”

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.