Piastri is not ready to help his teammate in the fight for the title.

      With two races remaining in the season, Oscar Piastri is 24 points behind Lando Norris in the drivers' standings, having the same number of points as Max Verstappen. In Qatar, before the start of the race weekend, Oscar Piastri was asked if he was prepared to help his teammate in the fight against Verstappen for the title.

      Oscar Piastri: "We briefly discussed it, and the answer is no. I have as many points as Max, and I still have a shot at the title if everything goes my way. That's how we'll act. As I said, I believe I still have a chance, and in the past others have won from similar situations, so my title is not impossible. Although I understand it's a rather risky scenario for me. Even if I have two perfect final weekends, that still doesn't guarantee anything. I fully understand that other factors need to fall in my favour. So I'll try to get through this weekend as best I can — which I always try to do — and then we'll see how the others get on."

      If it weren't for the disqualification in Las Vegas, Piastri would be 30 points behind Norris instead of the current 24, but Oscar is not happy about that: "Ultimately, there's nothing good about a disqualification, even though now I'm six points closer to Lando. However, all of this allowed Max to significantly cut the gap to us. So we ended up with a purely negative scenario. The team had a difficult weekend with a painful finale."