Piastri is at ease with pit-stop call

OSCAR Piastri says McLaren have clarified their decision to order him aside for Lando Norris and the title rivals agree that the controversial call would be made again.

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A slow pit-stop for Norris a fortnight ago at Monza saw him drop from second to third behind teammate Piastri before McLaren told their drivers to swap positions.

Norris, who cut Piastri’s championship lead to 31 points with eight races remaining as a result, had allowed Piastri to pit earlier than him.

The Australian backed the team to continue to preserve the best interest of both title challengers.

“Naturally there have been thoughts, we have had good discussions with the team. We have clarified a lot of things, we know how we will go racing going forwards," Piastri said ahead of this weekend's Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

“I can’t get into every scenario. From Monza there was another factor outside of the slow pit stop, being the order we pitted in.