However oils always goes black when spilled on tarmac..?
More or less. I'd say this fluid was engine oil though - I think all the cars have their overflow tanks / breathers around the position where it's leaking on Ott's car.
Piastri breaks Mercedes' P1 hegemony at the Japan Grand Prix.
Oscar Piastri was the quickest in FP1, finishing marginally ahead of the two Mercedes drivers, Kimi Antonelli and George Russell.
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Piastri breaks Mercedes' P1 hegemony at the Japan Grand Prix. Oscar Piastri was the quickest in FP1, finishing marginally ahead of the two Mercedes drivers, Kimi Antonelli and George Russell. 27...
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