McLaren Set To Introduce 'Team Orders' On Oscar Piastri, To Support Lando Norris Title Bid

13.09.2024 - 07:22 sports.ndtv.com

McLaren are poised to introduce team orders to support Lando Norris's bid to beat Max Verstappen to the drivers' world title in this weekend's Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

Widespread reports following a BBC interview published on Thursday in which McLaren team boss Andrea Stella said the team would "bias our support to Lando" made clear they were abandoning a policy of non-interference. "The overall concept is we are incredibly determined to win, but we want to win in the right way," Stella said. "We (will) bias our support to Lando, but we want to do it without too much compromise on our principles. "Our principles are that the team interest always comes first.

Sportsmanship for us is important in the overall way we go racing. And then we want to be fair to both drivers." Briton Norris is 62 points behind three-time champion Verstappen of Red Bull with eight Grand Prix races left this year, plus three sprint races.

His McLaren team-mate Australian Oscar Piastri is fourth, 106 points adrift of the Dutchman, and has played a prominent part in the team's resurgence to move within eight points of Red Bull in the constructors' title race.

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