It's not about the position–we are disappointed that he lost points on Lando and Max and that he wasn't on the podium, but shit happens. Of course we are annoyed about the pitstop, but again: that's shit happens, it's something we have to deal with when we watch F1. It's not even really about the move from Lando–we are miffed and I personally thought it was a little stupid, but again, that's part of racing. We all are, first and foremost, racing fans. We want to see racing, and we want to see battles, etc etc.
The reason why we are pissed off is the fact that last year, in Monza, Oscar got publicly crucified by his teammate, his team, and the media for a clean lap 1 move that did not go against any of their "racing rules," but in Singapore Lando almost put Oscar into the wall and broke a racing rule (don't make contact) and it now it was "fair racing." That we have seen the rhetoric change from "fairness" when Lando is at a disadvantage to "let them race" when Lando is at an advantage. We are pissed because in Austria and Hungary, the pitwall reprimanded Oscar over the radio about "the way we go racing" even though nothing happened, yet there was no reminder and no reprimand for Lando when he actually did make contact...twice (two instances of contact have happened this year between the McLarens and both have been Lando's fault). We are pissed because McLaren opened a can of worms on "fairness" that seems to only benefit Lando. That these "papaya rules" are a moving goalpost that constantly seem to contradict what Oscar's been told, and that we can see that confusion happen in real time. That Lando gets asked about Oscar's strategy and is seemingly allowed to dictate the decisions for Oscar's garage, but Oscar has never been asked about Lando's. That Oscar keeps getting dragged by people online for "complaining" when all he's doing is questioning why the rules that McLaren has set out in previous races aren't being applied to him. We are pissed because precedents are set and broken against Oscar every single race. We are pissed because McLaren is inconsistent in their rhetoric and what they promised not only their fans, but Oscar. We were told that there would be no team orders and then Oscar was told to hold position the first race of the year. We were told in Japan that if Oscar wanted to pass Lando, he would have to do it himself and that they wouldn't be intervening because Lando was leading in points, but then Monza happened. Oscar said that all he wanted was an equal opportunity, but he's not being given the same ones as his teammate. We are pissed because Max Verstappen is actually sticking up for Oscar in the media when something goes against him more than his own team. We are pissed because Oscar has done everything that has been asked of him to earn respect and, not even priority, but a hint of privilege and acknowledgement for being the championship leader (qualify better than his teammate, lead his teammate in the points and the h2h, race cleanly, abide by the team rules, etc etc) and yet he's being treated like a "stand in" and like everyone around him is waiting for Lando to win over him. We are frustrated because it is very obvious, even now to neutral fans, that there is evident favoritism at McLaren, and yet McLaren keep trying to push the exact opposite narrative. We are frustrated because Oscar has done everything humanly possible to be given the respect he deserves as not only the championship leader, but the leading driver in the team and a member of that team, and still he is not getting it. We are frustrated because it feels like, with every race that goes by, the champion that McLaren want to see is not named Oscar Piastri, and that he is fighting for this in spite of his team, not with them.
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