McLaren F1 team have launched an investigation after the incident between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri after Piastri passed Norris on lap 1 during the Italian Grand Prix at Monza. When Piastri overtook Norris not only did he pass his teammate who is in contention for a World Championship but also opened the door for Norris to be overtaken by Charles Leclerc of Ferrari. McLaren Team Principal Andrea Stella told his drivers to not think each of each other as rivals, as it is not productive for the team.
McLaren have also told their drivers to respect the ‘papaya rules’.
Stella Tells Drivers To Follow Papaya Rules
“We will have to review together with the drivers, look at the videos, understand their point of view, and then we will assess together whether they were fully compliant or not.
“We will take the learning, if there is any learning that we need to take, and then we will adjust the ‘papaya rules’ such that they allow us to pursue in the best possible manner both the Constructors’ Championship and the Drivers’ Championship because we have to be now in condition to acknowledge that not only the Constructors’ Championship is possible.
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“Even from a driver’s point of view, with the performance we have at the moment in the car, and some of the struggles that we see with Red Bull, it is definitely possible.
“So if we can achieve both as a team, we need to put the team in condition and Lando in condition to pursue both championships,” said Stella when asked about McLaren’s investigation.
McLaren Did Not Consider Position Swap
Andrea Stella gave his opinions on whether McLaren had considered swapping Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri to which Stella denied and stated that McLaren had explored other opportunities.
“We did not consider that. We considered other ways during the race to make sure that Lando had his own opportunities, but we didn’t consider the swap because we were still willing to put as much pressure as possible on Leclerc.
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“Both drivers are mathematically [in the title fight], but Lando is obviously in the best position from a numbers point of view.
“We are fighting Max Verstappen so I think if we want to give support to one driver, we definitely have to pick the one that is in the best position.
“And also, I think Lando, as you know, he’s been doing very well, like pole position in Zandvoort, pole position here. If anything with Lando, we need to adjust some little racing things which may help him, may help us capitalise on pole position like we had here in Monza.
“I think if we look at this first lap, while we review it together, we might see that there were a couple of things that we could have done more, slightly better,” said Stella.
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