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McLaren’s rules will not change as Norris and Piastri begin from zero – Stella
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McLaren’s rules will not change as Norris and Piastri begin from zero – Stella

By Miles Cooper February 14, 2025
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McLaren’s Andrea Stella says the crew will not change its rules and racing guidelines this yr as its drivers Norris and Piastri each goal to begin the 2025 Method 1 season on the entrance foot.

After a number of years by which McLaren missed the mark at first of the season, the papaya squad is now aiming to hit the bottom operating and proceed the form of title-winning kind that yielded its first constructors’ title since 1998.

Its poor begin, earlier than a spectacular turnaround from Miami onwards, severely hindered Norris’ exterior likelihood of realistically beating Max Verstappen to the title, with McLaren opting to rule out crew orders till September’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

Now Piastri is adamant he has discovered sufficient from an inconsistent 2024 marketing campaign to be a stronger all-round performer in each qualifying and the race, so each he and Norris can battle for the championship so long as McLaren delivers the products.

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That may additional check McLaren’s racing rules, however crew principal Stella is adamant nothing will change.

“The primary facet is that each drivers begin the season with equal alternatives, and our fundamentals are based mostly on the racing rules that we already used final yr,” Stella mentioned on the Silverstone launch of McLaren’s 2025 MCL39 automotive.

McLaren’s rules will not change as Norris and Piastri begin from zero – Stella

Andrea Stella, Staff Principal, McLaren F1 Staff

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“We reviewed final season – and I used to be truly fairly happy with final season – we reviewed all of the conditions by which there was a proximity between the 2 drivers, and I used to be fairly impressed by how properly they behaved. We take some studying from final yr, however already I believe that was optimistic when it comes to how we interacted and acted collectively as a crew.

“After we reviewed final season – the drivers and the crew, more often than not represented on my own – we all the time checked out ourselves, ‘I might have achieved this higher’, moderately than ‘Lando saying Oscar ought to have achieved this higher’, and Oscar saying ‘Lando ought to have achieved this higher’. So, I believe we take some studying from final yr, however already I believe that was optimistic when it comes to how we acted collectively as a crew, after which we are going to begin from this idea of equal alternatives and our racing rules.” 

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Stella added that drivers didn’t belong at McLaren in the event that they didn’t purchase into to these racing rules that put the crew first, with any circumstantial crew orders mentioned and agreed prematurely.

“It is vital to say that the racing rules are consultant not solely of what the crew believes when it comes to how we go racing, but in addition what the drivers imagine, as a result of if a driver isn’t absolutely into these rules, then that is not the precise driver for McLaren,” he cautioned.

“I actually sit up for having this type of problem. It implies that we’re doing properly as a crew, it implies that the 2 drivers are doing properly as drivers, and it implies that the automotive is definitely aggressive, and we did an excellent job from a technical and racing viewpoint.”

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Filip Cleeren

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Lando Norris

Oscar Piastri

McLaren

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