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‘The fair thing to do’: Stella defends McLaren’s team orders
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07/09/2025 at 16:2807/09/2025 at 16:42 40 SHARES Share on.. Share on.. Share on.. McLaren team principal Andrea Stella has defended his team’s decision to instruct Oscar Piastri to move aside for Lando Norris during the Italian Grand Prix, insisting the swap was in line with the team’s long-standing principles of fairness. The order, which restored Norris to second place behind race-winner Max Verstappen, came after a sequence of pitstops left the British driver disadvantaged by a slow tyre change. Piastri initially questioned the instruction over team radio and later said that he would address the issue in the team’s debrief, but Stella believes...
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