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Is McLaren costing Oscar Piastri the F1 title, department asked at Senate estimates

It’s a strong start to Senate estimates this morning, with Nationals senator Matt Canavan asking the department of infrastructure secretary, Jim Betts, about the F1 results from Qatar overnight.

It’s been a bit of a frustrating night for some Australians … you deal with transport and cars, so do you think McLaren is biased against Oscar Piastri and costing him the world championship?

I definitely think he’s copped some raw decision [making] this year.