That's why I like the early race hypothetical. Let's say early in the race it'sLots of conjecture that Mark Webber will tell Piastri not to help for politics within McLaren.Why not at that point. More interesting question is if Lando’s car is clearly faster, would they order a swap earlier in the race to help him move up without a slower piastri in the way?Scenerio
Max p1, Russell p2, Oscar p3, Lando p4
McLaren order a driver swap at the end of the race. Does Oscar do it?
This scenario doesn't really help Piastri in either the short or long term. He obviously wants the WDC for himself but if that's not happening, he'll do what he asked to keep to keep the trophy in Woking.
P1: Max
P2: Russell
P3: Antonelli
P4: Piastri
P5: Lando
But let's also say that Piastri's car has substantially less pace than Lando's.
Does McLaren ask Piastri to sacrifice his own small chance of the championship to avoid blocking Lando? If they do, does Piastri cooperate?
My expectation would be that both happen more slowly than they should.
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