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Oscar Piastri has responded to comments from Max Verstappen as the Red Bull driver gave his take on the implementation of team orders at McLaren. After a dominant start to the season for the Dutch driver, Red Bull's drop in performance has meant that Lando Norris has closed the gap to Verstappen to 52 points with six races left.
Oscar Piastri, meanwhile, is a sizeable distance behind Norris, so McLaren made the call that they would back the British driver for the title. What that meant was an implementation of team orders for the rest of the season where Norris would be favoured and Piastri would be asked to give up position if required.
Heading into the US GP race weekend, Max Verstappen said that when it comes to him, he wouldn't have done anything like this. Commending Oscar Piastri for being a brilliant driver, Verstappen said that the Australian is too good to be a second driver.
