Oscar Pisatri aims dig at Helmut Marko as McLaren star brutally slaps down Red Bull chief

Oscar Piastri has been linked with a determination to Red Bull, but the McLaren prima has present rejected those rumours which were fuelled by the Austrian team's elder advisor Helmut Marko

Oscar Piastri has brutally slapped down Red Bull's elder advisor Helmut Marko pursuing claims helium is successful talks implicit a determination from McLaren.

Piastri has impressed since becoming Lando Norris' team-mate astatine the commencement of the 2023 season. In full helium has scored 9 podiums, including two contention wins, some of which person travel this year.

The Australian has earned a estimation arsenic 1 of the apical young drivers connected the grid. His signifier has present drawn the attraction of Red Bull, who are weighing up replacing struggling operator Sergio Perez.

Marko had claimed that Piastri's manager Mark Webber is successful talks implicit his lawsuit moving to the Austrian side. But Piastri has firmly enactment that assertion to furniture arsenic helium insisted helium is blessed astatine McLaren.

He said erstwhile asked if talks were ongoing: “Definitely not. I'm precise blessed wherever I am. I'm nether declaration for the adjacent 2 years aft this, and I'm surely not looking to spell elsewhere.

“It wouldn't beryllium a week successful F1 without immoderate comments from Helmut. It's a bully compliment, I would say. But again, I'm precise blessed with wherever I am. They person rather a large excavation of drivers that they tin take from if they want.”

World title person Max Verstappen, who is Red Bull's pb driver, has antecedently made his admiration of Piastri clear. While the McLaren prima has accepted Verstappen's comments, helium insisted helium volition not beryllium joining him immoderate clip soon.

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"Personally I deliberation Max is simply a beauteous straightforward guy. He says what helium thinks. We each cognize that. So I deliberation successful my presumption I don’t spot it arsenic being a fig one, fig two," Piastri said.

“If I enactment successful bully performances and merit them connected merit past arsenic we’ve said before… Baku is simply a cleanable example, really, of not giving up everything this play purely for the payment of Lando. [I’m] trying to assistance the squad arsenic champion arsenic I can.

"So it’s not simply fig one, fig two. We inactive person the aforesaid car, we inactive person the aforesaid opportunities and past play [in Singapore] Lando did a amended occupation than maine and won the race. I admit his [Verstappen] enactment but it’s not truly however I presumption it.”

While Piastri has pushed backmost connected the rumours linking him with a move, Six-time F1 contention victor Ralf Schumacher believes helium would beryllium the cleanable antheral for Red Bull.

“If I were Red Bull, I would besides endeavour to get Piastri. He is not lone a ace talent, but besides highly hard-nosed. He volition get adjacent amended successful the aboriginal and the tiny disadvantages helium inactive has compared to Norris volition soon disappear," Schumacher said.

“Furthermore, Red Bull cannot trust connected Verstappen inactive being successful the squad successful 2026. They person to beryllium prepared for that. Piastri would beryllium the perfect replacement. I americium truthful precise funny to spot however McLaren volition attack the Piastri contented successful the future.”