McLaren boss shares crucial details of updated team orders policy
McLaren will update their team orders at every race, Zak Brown insists, and team principal Andrea Stella will make the crucial call.
‘Papaya rules’ have come under the microscope as McLaren overtook Red Bull in the constructors’ championship, and Lando Norris closes in on Max Verstappen at the top of the drivers’. McLaren do not recognise either Norris nor teammate Oscar Piastri as their No1 driver - however have hinted at a change of policy, with the big prizes up for grabs.“I was watching something that Ron Dennis was talking about,” he said to Sky Sports. “It was the team’s job to win the constructors’ championship, and the driver’s job to win the drivers’ championship. That’s what we’re doing.“We don’t want to compromise Oscar’s results because he’s having an awesome season, and a battle of his own.
“If Max has had a DNF so it’s a big points haul, that’s one scenario. Time starts ticking, that’s another scenario.”Get the latest F1 news, exclusives, interviews and promotions from the paddock direct to your inbox
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