David Coulthard says he cannot help but feel McLaren “manipulated the result” of the Italian Grand Prix when they ordered Oscar Piastri to move over for Lando Norris.

Norris and Piastri were running second and third at the Monza circuit on a Sunday in which McLaren had no answer to Max Verstappen’s pace as the Red Bull driver stormed to his third grand prix win of the season.

David Coulthard ‘uncomfortable’ with McLaren’s ‘manipulating’

McLaren opted to pit late, Piastri in on Lap 46 of the 53-lap race after being cleared by Norris to pit first following his race engineer Will Joseph’s insistence that “there will be no undercut”.

Piastri made a 1.9-second pit stop with Norris in a lap later, but an issue with the wheel nut on his front tyre meant he was stationary for four seconds. As

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