Oscar Piastri is "free to race" Lando Norris at the Dutch Grand Prix, Connor McDonagh reports from Zandvoort.
Norris still has a faint chance of winning this year’s F1 drivers’ championship, trailingGiven McLaren’s impressive turn of speed in recent rounds relative to Red Bull, Verstappen’s lead isn’t insurmountable, but it will require Norris to maximise every opportunity.Piastri claimed the lead from Norris on the opening lap - and led much of the race - before losing out through the pit stop phase as McLaren covered an undercut attempt behind.
This handed Norris the race lead - but McLaren ordered him to move over - which he eventually did after his race engineer, Will Joseph, was effectively forced to beg over team radio.in the FIA press conference, Piastri made it clear that the ‘rules haven’t changed’. “Yeah, the rules are very, very clear and haven’t changed,” he said. “And yeah, we’re free to race each other to try and win.
“Of course, we’re in a Constructors’ Championship fight and we know that there’s a lot at stake for the team. But we’ve shown time and time again that we can race each other well, race each other cleanly.Norris added: “We’re free to race. There’s never been any rules apart from don’t crash into each other. That’s literally the only rule.
“Otherwise, we’ve always been free to race. We’ve raced well in the past. So that’s all good for us.”
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