Position ceded to Lando Norris at Monza: Oscar Piastri goes down flat

Oscar Piastri after Monza remains Formula 1 world championship leader with 31 points ahead of Lando Norris, but at the Grand Prix d’Italia he finished third just behind his teammate. A non-trivial result, since it was the result of a decision by the race wall: in fact, in McLaren they decided to reverse the positions after an unhappy pit stop of the Englishman’s. And the big favorite to become world champion 2025 commented on it all in extremely clear words.

“I think team management is one of McLaren–s strengths, explained Piastri at the end of the day to ‘Sky Sport‘ -But that obviously can favor you on some occasions and disadvantage you on others. Having said that, I think the decision to let him go ahead of me was the right one”.

“Obviously we will talk about it together, discussing it clearly behind closed doors. But the certain thing is that Lando had lost the position he had on the track through no fault of his own – admitted Piastri. Working in the same team, you know you have to protect so many people. For McLaren this aspect is very important. So we will discuss it again, but I think the team”s decision is correct.

Moreover, this is nothing new at McLaren, as already last season it was Norris who gave up a position to Piastri, thus even giving him his first career victory at Hungaroring 2024. Also famous was Mika Hakkinen’s success in Melbourne 1998, with the Finn entering the pits not called by the team and Coulthard ceding the lead of the race to him. A gesture that was even celebrated in a later advertisement of the time.