MONZA, Italy :Oscar Piastri said McLaren's request for him to hand back second place to teammate and Formula One title rival Lando Norris in Sunday's Italian Grand Prix was fair, despite reducing his championship lead.

The Australian went second, after Norris was slowed by a late pitstop problem, but gave the place back as requested - trimming his overall advantage to 31 points with eight rounds remaining.

"I think today was a fair request. Lando qualified ahead, was ahead the whole race, and lost the spot through no fault of his own," Piastri, winner of seven of 16 rounds so far, told reporters at Monza.

"I'm not going to go against the team. I think there's a lot of people to protect and a culture to protect outside of just Lando and I. Ultimately that's a very important thing going f

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