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McLaren: Drivers’ compliance with team orders ‘a point of strength’
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella says that Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri’s compliance with team orders only adds to the team’s efforts to “proactively” manage its races. In the closing stages of last weekend’s Qatar Grand Prix, as Lando Norris who had chased from behind during the race started reeling in Piastri who was running second, the McLaren pit wall ordered its drivers to freeze their positions. Stella said that McLaren was eager for the pair to safely bring in another remarkable podium finish rather than continue flat out and risk a potential tyre issue on either car given the safety concerns expressed by Pirelli earlier in the weekend. In Japan two weeks earlier,...
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