{"id":216349,"date":"2025-10-16T03:18:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T03:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/216349\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T03:18:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T03:18:09","slug":"somebody-at-red-bull-could-be-going-piastri-to-ferrari-a-great-leak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/216349\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Somebody at Red Bull could be going&#8217; Piastri to Ferrari &#8216;a great leak&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/Jean-pablo-Montoya\" title=\"Juan Pablo Montoya\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Juan Pablo Montoya<\/a>, former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1-teams\/mclaren\" title=\"McLaren\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">McLaren<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1\" title=\"F1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F1<\/a> driver it is easy to imagine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1-teams\/red-bull-racing\" title=\"Red Bull Racing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Red Bull Racing<\/a> being behind the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1-drivers\/oscar-piastri\" title=\"Oscar Piastri\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oscar Piastri<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1-teams\/ferrari\" title=\"Ferrari\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ferrari<\/a> rumours in a bid to destabilise the papaya team.\u201cSomebody at Red Bull could be going, \u2018This would be a great leak, just to stir up the pot and destabilise McLaren.\u2019&#8221;- Juan Pablo Montoya<\/p>\n<p>Given the context in which some of McLaren&#8217;s decisions may be interpreted as going against Piastri&#8217;s best interests and advantaging his teammate Lando Norris, rumours arose which suggested the current championship leader would be looking for an out, with Ferrari presenting itself as a relocation option.<\/p>\n<p>Montoya addressed the rumours and suggested a potential destabilisation ploy could be behind it all, with Red Bull acting as the masterminds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe big question there, is it just people stirring the pot, making stories up,\u201d Montoya said. \u201cAt the end of the day, it\u2019s a great way of stirring the pot and causing problems for McLaren.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/stella-azerbaijan-gp-2025-68cfbb4648bf6.jpg@webp.webp\" class=\"w-auto\" alt=\"stella-azerbaijan-gp-2025\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Andrea Stella &#8211; Photo: Race Pictures<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a little like what Toto [Wolff] did with Max [Verstappen]. Did he have a genuine chance of getting Max? Who knows. But it made headlines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe story about Piastri and Ferrari could be coming from Red Bull, for example.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomebody at Red Bull could be going, \u2018This would be a great leak, just to stir up the pot and destabilise McLaren.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The hypothetical Red Bull carried out plot could also yield benefits for Piastri, Montoya argues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut at the same time, if you think Oscar is really good and know other teams want him, then this is a great way of saying on behalf of Oscar to McLaren, \u2018If you want me, you\u2019ve got to respect me&#8217;,&#8221; Montoya concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Steiner issues advice to PiastriFormer Haas F1 boss, Guenther Steiner, off the back of the rumours that suggested Piastri was trying to get a seat at Ferrari, urged the Aussie driver not to leave the McLaren fold. You can read his reasoning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/news\/steiner-sounds-piastri-alarm-as-sudden-departure-theory-addressed\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here.<\/a>Regarding McLaren&#8217;s potential preferential treatment toward Norris, F1 world champion and racing icon, Mario Andretti <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/news\/mario-andretti-drops-bombshell-mclaren-alleged-bias-against-oscar-piastri\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">had this to say on the matter.<\/a>GPblog&#8217;s latest F1 Paddock Update<\/p>\n<p>Want to stay up-to-date with what happens in the F1 paddock? Then GPblog&#8217;s F1 Paddock Update video is the perfect way to do it. Subscribe to GPblog&#8217;s YouTube channel and turn on notifications to never miss the latest episodes.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Spotify:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For Juan Pablo Montoya, former McLaren F1 driver it is easy to imagine Red Bull Racing being behind&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":["post-216349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}