Oscar Piastri hasn’t had “direct discussions” about serving to Lando Norris in Abu Dhabi

Oscar Piastri has revealed that he’s but to talk to McLaren about serving to teammate Lando Norris within the F1 title race.

The three title contenders certified within the prime three for Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Max Verstappen, who’s 12 factors behind Norris, strains up on pole place on the Yas Marina Circuit.

Norris will begin second, with Piastri in third.

A podium end will assure Norris the title, even when Verstappen wins the race.

Piastri would want to win – or outscore Norris by 17 factors – to turn out to be champion.

With Verstappen on pole, it’s anticipated that the Dutchman might deploy some type of backing-up ways to attempt to fluster Norris, probably dropping him down the order.

Piastri may play an vital function, both by defending from vehicles behind to guard Norris or by shifting apart for his teammate ought to the scenario require it.

Piastri admitted that his function within the title battle nonetheless must be mentioned internally.

“We are going to talk about it,” Piastri informed Sky Sports activities. “I’ve not had any direct discussions about that but however till both Max or Lando crosses the road forward of me then I’m nonetheless within the operating. We are going to see what that appears like tomorrow.”

Why is Piastri the outsider?

It’s arduous to imagine that Piastri enters Sunday because the outsider within the championship battle.

He was 34 factors away from Norris following his victory on the Dutch Grand Prix.

Since then, Piastri hasn’t gained a race and has solely completed on the rostrum twice.

His kind dipped after a nightmare weekend in Azerbaijan, the place he crashed out on Lap 1.

Piastri then struggled for tempo relative to Norris on the following occasions, ending fifth on three events.

Piastri retuned to kind in Qatar – however was robbed of the win after a method blunder from McLaren.

Looking forward to the race in Abu Dhabi, Piastri stated: “Probably not positive but. I haven’t thought that far forward. Clearly to try to win the championship I want greater than to simply merely win the race. We are going to see what that entails.”

“It may do. We are going to see the way it will get performed.”