McLaren team principal Andrea Stella compared world championship leader Oscar Piastri to seven-time Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher as he backed the Australian to bounce back from an error-filled weekend in Azerbaijan.

Piastri suffered his first DNF of the season after uncharacteristically crashing out of qualifying and then repeating the error on the opening lap of the race at the challenging Baku City Circuit.

The 24-year-old's lead over his McLaren team-mate Lando Norris was reduced to 25 points, while Max Verstappen claimed a second successive victory to revive Red Bull hope that he could pull off a historic comeback to win a fifth successive drivers' title.

After a weekend off, the season resumes this weekend with the Singapore Grand Prix, at which Stella is confident Piastri

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