McLaren get team orders warning from Mercedes boss Wolff after Italy

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has warned McLaren they have set a precedent which is “very difficult to undo” after ordering Oscar Piastri aside for world championship rival Lando Norris in Italy on Sunday. A slow pit-stop for Norris saw him drop from second to third behind team-mate Piastri before McLaren told their drivers to swap positions. McLaren’s contentious decision allowed Norris to move within 31 points of Piastri with eight rounds remaining. Norris, who was booed by the Tifosi as he collected his runners-up trophy on the Monza podium, said it was “pretty stupid” to suggest a precedent had now been laid down by McLaren. However, Wolff, who oversaw Lewis Hamilton’s fractious intra-team rivalry with Nico Rosberg, said: “There is no right and there is no wrong, and I’m curious to see how that pans out. You set a precedent that is very difficult to undo and to manage. “What if the team makes another mistake and it’s not a pit-stop, do you switch them around? But equally, because of a team mistake, making a driver that is trying to catch up lose the points, is not fairWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times