Oscar Piastri hinted via team radio that he should be allowed to 💮pass at the F1 Japanese Grand Prix.

The McLaren drivers were both trailing Red Bull’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen, who eventually went on to win at Suzuka.

But 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Oscar Piastri☂, who finished third, was hoping McLaren might switch their drivers🙈 to give him a crack at chasing down Verstappen.

"I think I have the&nb♋sp;pace to get Max,” he said on his team radio on Lap 44.

But, McLaren were not tempted to let him pass Norris,꧟ who finished second behind Verstappen.

“I wasn’t expecting it,” Piast🌄ri said about his team radio request to Sky Sports.

“I just said w🐟hat I felt. I thought that if I had the opportunity to get in front of Lando, then maybe I could get Max.

“My pace felt strong. I was able to get into DRS r🦄elatively comfortably but I couldn’t get it closer than 🐷that.

“I thought I’d ask the question but t🙈hat’s fine by me.

“We go racing and want to finish wherever we finish because we earned it. We can both say that, after qualifying, thඣat’s the result we deserve.”

Jacques Villeneuve’s verdict was: “Oscar could not get Lando, which means he probably couldn’t get Max either, because he had the straight-🌼line speed.”

Oscar Piastri on McLaren strategy

The F1 Japanese Grand Prix was largely won by Saturday’s qualifying, with pole-sitter Verstappen able to convert into vi✅ctory.

But McLaren’s strategy has been questioned.

As w⛄ell as opting not to swap their drivers and let Piastri challenge Verstappen, their pit stops were also scrutinised.

Team boss Andrea Stella claimed “pit stop timing wasꦅ pretty much set by the other people pitting”.

Piastri said about splitting their strategy: “It was a bit of ꦗa discussion. I had people behind who had already pitted and we didn’t want to take much risk.

“I was starting to struggle on the medium.♉ Already, we had gone long on the medium.

“We’ll look to see if there’s ꦯanything we could have do✱ne differently. But we executed a good race.”

M💟cLaren’s calls were justified because the result in Japan strengthened their lea💃d at the top of the constructors’ championship.

Norris also leads Verstappen by one point at the to🎃p oꦛf the drivers’.