Oscar Piastri on McLaren's Strategy Stance: "Unfair to Neutralize" Divergence

Why it matters:Oscar Piastri believes it would be "unfair to neutralise" strategy divergence at McLaren, even after Lando Norris's alternate approach secured him victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix, impacting Piastri's championship points.### The details:* Piastri, who trails Norris by nine points in the drivers' championship, argues that the trailing car "has a lot less to lose" by rolling the dice on strategy.* He confirmed internal discussions at McLaren regarding the issue, which cost him 14 points at the Hungaroring alone.* "I think ultimately there are race situations where being the second car from the team on track... you've got a lot less to lose," Piastri explained. "So that kind of aspect is always going to be there. And I think it would be unfair to neutralise that just because of wanting to be on the same strategy."### What's next:* Ahead of the Dutch Grand Prix, Piastri indicated that McLaren's stance on managing its drivers through a potential title fight remains unchanged.* Offset strategies will still be open to both drivers.* "There were discussions about whether there was anything we could have done differently for myself, which were very productive discussions," he said. "So, I think we're still going to be free to pick alternating strategies, if that's what we want."