Max Verstappen has been warned Oscar Piastri will not tolerate the Dutchman’s “crap” as the two battle for this season’s Drivers’ Championship.

Oscar Piastri backed to take the fight to Max Verstappen

Already this season Piastri has shown he is not afraid to take on Verstappen, a driver who can often make others bend to his will rather than the other way around.

“He sees a gap and goes for it, and Oscar is not going to be put off by that,” Jones told Fox Sports.

Piastri has a 16-point lead over Norris after six races. No McLaren driver has won the world title since Lewis Hamilton’s success in 2008.