Oscar Piastri has animated exchange in Miami GP cooldown room after watching Charles Leclerc overtake

Oscar Piastri was less than impressed after watching himself be overtaken by Charles Leclerc during the Miami Grand Prix.

Piastri managed to finish in third place, behind team-mate Lando Norris and race winner Kimi Antonelli, after overtaking Charles Leclerc on the penultimate lap.

It was an eventful race for the Australian, who had to take evasive action to avoid Max Verstappen's spinning Red Bull at turn one before later engaging in a battle with the recovering four-time F1 champion.

He also fought against Leclerc later on in the race, before the Ferrari driver used his superior battery power to immediately get back ahead.

And the Australian decided to make his feelings clear while watching the exchange back alongside Norris and Antonelli in the cooldown room.

"You see, watch this," he said. "I overtake him, like, sweet, and then... yeah [he gets back past]. There was nothing I could do."

"I didn't get what Max was doing," Norris added, while watching the later battle between Verstappen and Piastri. "He just ruined his own race."

Piastri was in an animated mood in the Miami GP cooldown room (Image: F1TV)

Leclerc on Piastri battle

Leclerc admitted in his post-race interview that he purposefully let Piastri through at the end of the penultimate lap, so that he could charge up enough battery through the opening corners to attack him on the back straight.

However, the Ferrari driver spun out of turn three and hit the barrier with his front left tyre.

Although the incident didn't cause him to retire, he did suffer left front suspension damage which slowed him down over the rest of the final lap, and he was overtaken by George Russell and then Max Verstappen before the chequered flag.

He told Sky Sports Italy reporter Mara Sangiorgio: "There were no problems with the wing.

"The idea was to let Piastri through and then use the overtake mode. Otherwise I wouldn't have held him behind, because I was strong enough in the second sector and I no longer had tyre.

"It was meant to be done at the last corner. But then I managed turns one and two, and three, very badly.

"It's an unacceptable mistake that I can't afford. I'm angry and disappointed with myself."