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McLaren given warning as they try to retain harmony amid intra-team F1 title battle.
McLaren has been cautioned that maintaining team harmony will be challenging as Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris contend for the F1 title.
The team faced scrutiny for their driver swap during the closing stages of the Italian Grand Prix and managing the intra-team title battle.
Piastri, leading the championship by 31 points with eight races left, allowed Norris to overtake after a slow pit stop.
Handling the title battle has been the focal point since Monza, overshadowing the Azerbaijan Grand Prix buildup.
Former F1 driver Karun Chandhok believes Piastri wouldn’t have yielded if the title was at stake.
Piastri acknowledged McLaren clarified “a lot of things” for the remainder of the season, with Norris expressing no surprise at the criticism of team orders.
