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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

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

After a number of years wherein McLaren missed the mark firstly of the season, the papaya squad is now aiming to hit the bottom working 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 staff 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 staff principal Stella is adamant nothing will change.

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

Andrea Stella, Workforce Principal, McLaren F1 Workforce

Photograph by: Zak Mauger / Motorsport Photos

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

“After we reviewed final season – the drivers and the staff, more often than not represented on my own – we at all times checked out ourselves, ‘I might have completed this higher’, fairly than ‘Lando saying Oscar ought to have completed this higher’, and Oscar saying ‘Lando ought to have completed this higher’. So, I believe we take some studying from final yr, however already I believe that was constructive when it comes to how we acted collectively as a staff, after which we’ll 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 staff first, with any circumstantial staff orders mentioned and agreed prematurely.

“It is essential to say that the racing rules are consultant not solely of what the staff believes when it comes to how we go racing, but additionally what the drivers imagine, as a result of if a driver will not be absolutely into these rules, then that is not the correct driver for McLaren,” he cautioned.

“I actually stay up for having this sort of problem. It signifies that we’re doing effectively as a staff, it signifies that the 2 drivers are doing effectively as drivers, and it signifies that the automobile is definitely aggressive, and we did a very good job from a technical and racing perspective.”

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Filip Cleeren

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Lando Norris

Oscar Piastri

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