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Ian Chadband

Piastri agrees to play second fiddle - but it's no fun

Oscar Piastri has agreed to play a selfless supporting role in Lando Norris's Formula One world championship push despite admitting McLaren's team orders are "not that fun" for him.

The ambitious young Australian driver admits he'd prefer his British-based outfit had not decided to prioritise the Englishman's ambitions above his, but said he understood the "bigger picture" with Norris now in position to challenge for Max Verstappen's crown.  

As the duo prepared for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Norris insisted he didn't expect his younger, less experienced teammate to gift him race wins for the rest of the 2024 campaign but added he was grateful to Piastri for agreeing to let him be the favoured one.

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