US EditionPiastri Spills on McLaren Team Orders Mess
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McLaren’s Papaya Rules: Piastri Wants Scalpel, Not Sledgehammer
McLaren’s “papaya rules” didn’t age like fine wine in 2025, and Oscar Piastri knows it — but instead of binning the plan, he wants it tidier: fewer grey bits, fewer radio soap operas, and way less outside noise. Think back to those eyebrow-raising moments with Lando; same paint, different calls, and a team trying to be fair without turning the pit wall into a courtroom. Piastri’s take is sharper than a new front wing and funnier than a meeting w…
Oscar Piastri confirms changes to papaya rules after 2025 ‘headaches’
Oscar Piastri has revealed McLaren have made changes to the much maligned papaya rules for the 2026 Formula 1 season after a number of controversies in 2025. McLaren had a scenario F1 teams both dream and dread last season, with both its drivers in contention for the world championship. Piastri and team-mate Lando Norris enjoyed a dominant season, McLaren winning 14 out of 25 races, both drivers taking seven wins each en-route to the team securi…
Since 2024, the instructions to give complete fairness between the drivers at McLaren F1 have been debated. The famous papaya rules have been at the centre of the debates during the summer of 2024, but also in the autumn of 2025, when the Woking team gave instructions to its drivers to get them back a lost place. But they have also sometimes increased the management of the team and caused communication problems, as well as alleged frustrations a…
The so-called Papaya rule gave a lot to talk about in 2025: a code of conduct for the McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri. Piastri finds: "We made ourselves headaches with it, without need."
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