Oscar Piastri shuts down question after McLaren drama: 'The radio call says enough'

Oscar Piastri waved away a question about his comments over team radio during the Italian Grand Prix, which came in the wake of being asked to hand his position back to Lando Norris.

The Australian ultimately acquiesced to the team order from the reigning F1 constructors' champions, but was heard airing his disagreement to race engineer Tom Stallard, who had relayed the instruction.

Having played the team game, Piastri let Norris past, finishing third after Max Verstappen dominated en route to victory.

It cut his lead in the F1 drivers' championship standings from 34 points to 31 with eight rounds remaining.

The Australian had spent the entirety of the race at Monza behind his McLaren team-mate, but when the Woking squad pitted him first in the late stages - at the suggestion of Norris himself and against usual convention - to cover off Charles Leclerc in fourth, Piastri found himself ahead, having completed his stop in just 1.9 seconds.

An issue with the left front wheel gun during the British driver's stop saw his MCL39 stationary for four more seconds than his team-mate. He emerged from the pit lane behind.

That prompted Stallard to hand down the team orders. "This is a bit like Hungary last year," he told Piastri before adding: "We pitted in this order for team reasons. Please let Lando past, and you're free to race."

The reference invoked was from Piastri's maiden F1 victory, where Norris had to be persuaded to let the former past after inadvertently inheriting the lead of the race at the Hungaroring.

"We said a slow pit stop was part of racing," Piastri quipped back at Monza. "I don't really get what changed here. But if you really want to do it, then I'll do it."

When asked after the Italian Grand Prix if the instruction was a shock to him at the time, the 24-year-old denied it was.

"No, not really," Piastri replied to media, including RacingNews365. "We have had discussions about all kinds of scenarios and when you're in the same team, when there are things outside a driver's control, there's a lot more ways you can rectify things.

"So it is a discussion we've had. I'm sure we'll review it and discuss more, but it wasn't a situation that hadn't been discussed before."

However, when it was queried what he had meant by his remarks over team radio, he refused to elaborate.

"I think the radio call kind of says enough," the nine-time grand prix winner responded. "I'm sure we'll discuss it again."