Heinz-Harald Frentzen left questioning key Oscar Piastri decision during the Italian Grand Prix

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McLaren was pipped to the Italian Grand Prix win by Ferrari after a risky strategy call enabled Charles Leclerc to take victory in front of the Italian Tifosi.

Both Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri pitted on a two-stop strategy after complaining about degradation on the front tyres, while Ferrari kept Charles Leclerc out having switched to the two-stop.

After building up a 10-second buffer to Piastri in the final stint, it enabled Leclerc to control the pace until the end and take a second victory for Ferrari.

Discussing the race on X (formerly Twitter), former F1 driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen was left questioned the decisions made by McLaren to not keep Piastri on the one-stop strategy.

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McLaren questioned both drivers whether the one-stop was possible, but the mix of high track temperatures and degradation appeared to affect most of the teams during the Italian GP.

Both Norris and Piastri struggled with their front left tyres during the race, with the Australian saying a one-stop was not possible when the team asked him before his second stop.

At this stage Ferrari chose to change tact, keeping Leclerc out and building a steady pace along with teammate Carlos Sainz who acted as a buffer to the McLaren’s.

Writing on X, Frentzen believes McLaren should have kept Piastri out and put him on the same strategy as Leclerc until the end of the race.

“Why is Oscar not trying to stick on one stop?” wrote Frentzen.

Oscar Piastri had no chance of passing Charles Leclerc

Having committed to the two-stop strategy, Piastri had 13 laps to close an 18-second gap to Leclerc in the lead.

It took him four laps to pass Sainz, by which point he needed to be lapping around two seconds per lap quicker than Leclerc if he wanted to catch him before the chequered flag.

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While Piastri was able to lap around 1.4 seconds quicker than the Ferrari driver, it was not enough to catch him and he finished 2.6 seconds behind him at the chequered flag.

Norris finished a further 3.4 seconds behind Piastri after starting from pole but losing the lead for the seventh time in a row on the opening lap. There was a small consolation when the Briton crossed the line and claimed the additional point for the fastest lap from Max Verstappen.