Hamilton’s five words for Piastri hit close to home for McLaren

After offering his advice to the Australian, the seven-time world champion added that although Piastri is fighting for the title for the first time, he already has the experience to make the right decisions when it matters.

He finally added: “I have not spoken to him, so I don’t know what frame of mind he is in.”

Former Haas team principal Guenther Steiner also weighed in on what happened in Singapore between Norris and Piastri, stressing that “what they put on in Singapore was not a championship show.”

The Italian-American believes it’s time for McLaren to back a single driver to avoid ending up empty-handed in Abu Dhabi — and in his view, that driver should be Piastri, as he’s the one most at risk of being caught by Verstappen in the final six races.

Both Norris and Piastri attended the celebration of McLaren’s second consecutive Constructors’ Championship, which the team marked at the MTC in Woking together with the entire company.

Although tensions had flared after their first-lap collision — a moment that particularly frustrated Piastri — the pair have temporarily buried the hatchet, putting the team’s interests and the championship goal above all else.