BAKU (Reuters) -Formula One leader Oscar Piastri is confident he can still control his own destiny despite having to cede points to McLaren teammate and title rival Lando Norris in a controversial Italian Grand Prix swap.

The Australian is 31 points clear of the Briton going into this weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku, round 17 of 24, which could secure McLaren’s second successive contructors’ title.

Piastri told reporters there had been “good discussions” about how the team went racing after the September 7 race at Monza.

He had to hand back second place to Norris after the Briton lost it through no fault of his own during a slow stop, having been assured he would not lose out by pitting after Piastri.

“We’ve had good discussions with the team…a lot of discussions, clarified a l

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