Nico Rosberg has said McLaren “require some talks” after they told Oscar Piastri to move aside in the late stages of the Italian Grand Prix.

The Australian was punished for a mistake in which he played no part after a slow pit stop pushed Lando Norris to third in Monza and, crucially, one spot behind his championship rival.

Nico Rosberg reacts to McLaren’s team order issue at Monza

A near five-second stop for the Briton looked to have been his second piece of bad luck in as many races, but McLaren took the unusual choice of instructing Piastri to allow Norris by.

Race engineer Tom Stallard said: “Oscar, this is a bit like Hungary last year – we pitted in this order for team reasons. Please let Lando past, then you are free to race.”

To which Piastri replied: “I mean, we said that a sl

See Full Page