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Toto Wolff Warns McLaren About Troublesome Precedent Set After Italian GP Driver Swap
McLaren swapped drivers' positions after a slow pitstop for Norris to defend against Leclerc, leading to Norris finishing second and Piastri third behind Verstappen's dominant win.
- On September 7, 2025, Max Verstappen delivered a commanding performance at the Italian Grand Prix in Monza, finishing nearly 20 seconds ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris.
- The race featured controversial McLaren team orders that swapped teammates Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri's positions after a slow pit stop affected Norris.
- Mercedes boss Toto Wolff cautioned McLaren about the challenges of reversing the example established by their team orders and raised concerns about fairness if future errors by the team cause drivers to lose points.
- Wolff described McLaren’s internal team orders as “luxury problems” given their strong championship lead and stated that if an error occurred, reversing the drivers’ positions was a completely justified response.
- The result narrowed the championship gap between Norris and Piastri to 31 points and heightened the tension within the McLaren team as the 2025 season approaches its final stages.
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'Fantastic execution': Max Verstappen outclasses Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri at Monza to win Italian Grand Prix
Starting from pole, reigning world champion Verstappen completed a magical weekend at Monza which included the fastest lap ever in F1 in Saturday's qualifying by schooling McLaren pair Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri at Monza.
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Max Verstappen of Red Bull won this Sunday the Grand Prix of Italy that took place in Monza, the famous ‘speed season’ of Formula 1, in a race where the quadruple Dutch world champion dominated almost from start to finish after having achieved the pole position. Verstappen, 27 years old, captured the sixty-fifth victory of his career in Formula 1 (the third of the year) by remaining on the track of the Lombard Royal Park ahead of English Lando N…
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