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McLaren Given Team Orders Warning From Mercedes Boss
McLaren applied team orders at Monza to correct a pit stop error, reducing Piastri's lead to 31 points and ensuring consistency with their racing principles, team principal Andrea Stella said.
- At the 2025 Italian Grand Prix, McLaren instructed Oscar Piastri to let teammate Lando Norris pass with seven laps remaining to correct a pit stop error.
- This team order followed Norris’s slow pit stop due to front-left wheel gun trouble, which left Piastri ahead after pitting earlier.
- Piastri complied with the instruction while protesting and described the request as fair but expressed uncertainty about the necessity of the swap.
- Piastri’s championship lead over Norris narrowed from 34 to 31 points because of the six-point swing caused by this pit-wall decision, which Toto Wolff called a "difficult precedent."
- The incident may increase tension within McLaren as observers question the impact of such team orders on driver autonomy and championship fairness.
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