Why Piastri’s attempt to join McLaren carries implications of risk

Anthony was sufficiently wound up about the situation at McLaren that he felt the need to express his thoughts to this writer.

The gist of it was that he and his son were frustrated by a lack of information from McLaren about the future. Naturally, Hamilton Sr felt that his son was more than ready for F1, and he wanted McLaren to promote him to a race seat. If they don’t, Anthony suggested, we’ll go somewhere else.

Just a few weeks later, McLaren announced that Hamilton was…