US EditionPiastri Snubs Team Boss Mid-Congratulations
Oscar Piastri disconnected team radio amid frustration after a collision with teammate Lando Norris, highlighting tension within McLaren during the Singapore Grand Prix.
- Oscar Piastri abruptly disconnected his team radio at the Singapore Grand Prix while Zak Brown was mid-sentence, with footage showing him unplugging the steering wheel of his MCL39.
- After a first-lap collision, Lando Norris bumped into Oscar Piastri while avoiding Max Verstappen in the 62-lap race, prompting Piastri to urge Tom Stallard to ask Norris to return P3.
- Despite team celebrations, McLaren secured its second successive constructors' championship and Brown thanked both drivers as Piastri started P3, finished P4, and said `Yeah, I mean that wasn't very team-like, but sure`.
- The result cut into Oscar Piastri's championship momentum as his lead was reduced for the third race in succession with six races remaining on the calendar, and McLaren team insiders expect internal talks.
- Amid debate over 'Papaya rules', fans on social media reacted widely to Piastri unplugging his radio and McLaren celebrating without their leader, shifting focus to the USA Grand Prix in Austin on October 20.
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McLaren has won the constructors' world championship again, but despite defending the title, there is some tension within the British team, as evidenced by the Oscar Piastri incident.
"Oscar entering his villain arc": Fans react to a frustrated Oscar Piastri disconnecting team radio while Zak Brown was speaking after F1 Singapore GP
F1 fans have reacted to Oscar Piastri abruptly disconnecting his team radio after the Singapore GP while McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown was speaking to him.
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