{"id":347206,"date":"2025-12-14T09:39:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T09:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/347206\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T09:39:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T09:39:17","slug":"nico-rosberg-criticises-zak-brown-message-to-oscar-piastri-following-f1-title-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/347206\/","title":{"rendered":"Nico Rosberg criticises Zak Brown message to Oscar Piastri following F1 title defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2016 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportweek.com\/series\/single-seater\/formula-1\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Formula 1<\/a> World Champion Nico Rosberg has claimed that Zak Brown showed a lack of \u201cempathy\u201d to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportweek.com\/tag\/piastri\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oscar Piastri<\/a> following the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>Following the chequered flag at the <a href=\"http:\/\/2016 F1 World Champion Nico Rosberg has claimed that Zak Brown showed a lack of &quot;empathy&quot; to Oscar Piastri following the Abu Dhabi GP.\" rel=\"nofollow\">Yas Marina Circuit<\/a>, the McLaren CEO congratulated Piastri on an outstanding season. <\/p>\n<p>Despite narrowly missing out on a maiden title, Piastri concluded the campaign with seven race victories among 16 podium finishes. <\/p>\n<p>Alongside this, the Melbourne-born driver played a crucial role in McLaren achieving a second consecutive Constructors\u2019 Championship. <\/p>\n<p>Thus, Brown\u2019s radio message focused on thanking him for his efforts in 2025, with a full focus on next year, when new regulations will be introduced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat a season, what a season,\u201d Zak Brown exclaimed on the radio. \u201cYou\u2019re a star. Seven wins. We love ya. We\u2019ll do it again next year<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you Oscar for everything you\u2019ve done. What a year.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He then thanked Piastri for being a \u201cteam player\u201d in a season where McLaren\u2019s contentious \u2018papaya rules\u2019 have been the talk of the paddock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOscar, very proud of you. Awesome. What a team player. We go again next year. See you on the podium,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Oscar-Piastri-Lando-Norris-F1-Abu-Dhabi-GP-1-1024x576.webp.webp\" alt=\"McLaren has praised how Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri have dealt with setbacks in 2025\" class=\"wp-image-232699\"  \/>Oscar Piastri lost out on the F1 title in 2025 to McLaren team-mate Lando Norris<\/p>\n<p>Rosberg questions timing of Brown message<\/p>\n<p>While Brown\u2019s comments seemingly had positive intentions, Rosberg questioned the timing and delivery of the comment.<\/p>\n<p>The German suggested that in such a heartbreaking moment for the Australian, the message came across as insensitive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s his most horrible moment in his racing career,\u201d Rosberg told Sky Sports F1.<\/p>\n<p>Rosberg also highlighted that moments immediately after a title defeat are often emotionally raw for drivers. <\/p>\n<p>For Piastri, who led this Championship for the majority of 2025, recognising the pain is just as important as acknowledging his successes this season. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe Zak could have had a little more empathy there, rather than celebrating,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe could have said, \u2018Next year will be your year\u2019, but it\u2019s difficult for Zak because he\u2019s so ecstatic at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportweek.com\/2025\/12\/12\/why-mclaren-is-optimistic-it-can-retain-f1-titles-in-2026-despite-extensive-rule-changes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Why McLaren is \u2018optimistic\u2019 it can retain F1 titles in 2026 despite extensive rule changes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2016 Formula 1 World Champion Nico Rosberg has claimed that Zak Brown showed a lack of \u201cempathy\u201d to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347207,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,598,817,913,806,805,803,804,2333,879,85],"class_list":["post-347206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-brown","tag-f1","tag-mclaren","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-oscar-piastri","tag-rosberg","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}