He collided with pole-sitter Sebastián Fernández at the first corner but avoided damage and went on to take victory.[21] Piastri took three consecutive second-place finishes at both Hungaroring races and the first Silverstone feature race, before his first retirement of the season came at the following Silverstone sprint race when a stuck-open DRS forced him to withdraw.[22] Teammate Sargeant took the lead of the championship from Piastri at the second Silverstone feature race after Piastri struggled with reliability issues in qualifying.[23] Piastri started fifth for the sprint race in Barcelona, but overtook multiple cars to take the lead before the end of the first lap.