Crimson Bull’s Max Verstappen, who’s 63 factors behind Piastri within the championship however has received two of the previous three races and completed second within the different, was requested in a information convention on Thursday in Austin whether or not he believed McLaren had been favouring Norris.
He replied: “Completely.”
He laughed, after which stated: “Yep.”
Leaving the information convention, he stated off-microphone: “Properly, there is a headline.”
BBC Sport sought clarification from Verstappen as as to if he had been joking, and he stated via a PR individual that he had been.
In reply to the identical favouritism query, Verstappen added: “I actually do not know. I do not care additionally. It has nothing to do with me. They do no matter they assume is correct and they’re doing an excellent job of it being so fast.
“For me, crucial factor is we maximise our potential and so long as we try this, it’s in our management.”
Piastri stated: “I am very pleased that there isn’t any favouritism or bias.”
