{"id":325714,"date":"2025-12-03T20:58:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T20:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/325714\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T20:58:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T20:58:07","slug":"oscar-piastri-makes-feelings-clear-about-mclaren-papaya-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/325714\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar Piastri makes feelings clear about McLaren ‘papaya rules’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oscar Piastri has said McLaren\u2019s so-called \u2018papaya rules\u2019 have not been \u201cdetrimental\u201d in many scenarios this season, reasoning that they have not affected the team\u2019s recent rounds.<\/p>\n

Piastri did mention the Italian Grand Prix, whereby he was asked to cede position back to Lando Norris after his teammate endured a slow pit stop, as one point of contention in the season, but the approach as a whole \u201cyields a lot of positives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oscar Piastri: Papaya rules \u2018yield a lot of positives\u2019<\/p>\n

McLaren<\/a> has gone to great lengths to ensure fairness between Piastri and Lando Norris this season, complementing their \u2018papaya rules\u2019 which dictate how the team goes racing. Namely, race fairly, don\u2019t crash into each other and the team will look to act in the drivers\u2019 best interests.<\/p>\n

The subject was broached again after the Qatar Grand Prix, with McLaren having opted against pitting under Safety Car conditions early in the race.<\/p>\n

This saw both race leader Piastri<\/a> and teammate Norris behind concede position to Max Verstappen on track, which the Red Bull driver would not relinquish come the chequered flag.<\/p>\n

The Australian admitted on team radio he was \u201cspeechless\u201d about how the race unfolded, leaving him 16 points behind Norris heading into the final race.<\/p>\n

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There is still a chance Verstappen could clinch another title and swipe glory from underneath the feet of the McLaren drivers, with the pair having traded the championship between them all season, and put to him that the same equal-opportunities approach from McLaren will be in place next season, Piastri did not look to the down-sides.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s really been too many scenarios where it\u2019s been detrimental to us, really,\u201d Piastri said in response to PlanetF1.com\u2019s Mat Coch in Qatar.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, there was what happened in Monza, but that\u2019s really the only one where maybe you can\u2026 Well, a lot of people did argue about it! But I think the last few races have been nothing to do with how we\u2019ve approached things as a team going wrong.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn my side, it\u2019s been some things with the car and myself just not working. Clearly, Lando has been very quick the last few weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis weekend, I think we got it wrong just because that\u2019s what we thought was the right thing to do \u2013 not because we were concerned about what was fair or what was not. So I don\u2019t think we need to change that approach.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it yields a lot of positives. Yes, there are some tough moments, but there are also a lot of tough moments if you go in a different direction to that. So, yeah, I don\u2019t think we need to change anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

Piastri needs to secure a minimum of a top-two finish in Abu Dhabi to have any chance of winning the World Championship on Sunday, with Norris the hot favourite heading into the weekend.<\/p>\n

Additional reporting by Mat Coch<\/p>\n

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