P1racenews AI automatic summary:
McLaren may be forced into team orders in the final run of races as it looks to provide Lando Norris with a title win.
McLaren CEO Zak Brown has acknowledged that asking Oscar Piastri to hand over a race win to Lando Norris would be a challenging task. The team is committed to helping Norris reduce the 59-point gap to Max Verstappen in the drivers’ championship with seven races remaining. In the recent Baku Grand Prix, Piastri claimed victory while Norris finished fourth after a difficult qualifying session. Brown mentioned that any decision to swap drivers for a win would ultimately be up to Andrea Stella, the team principal. Norris, who has won two races this season like Piastri, is prioritized in the championship push due to his closer position to Verstappen in the standings, but he prefers to compete fairly for victories. McLaren is dedicated to supporting Norris in any way possible without compromising Piastri’s performance.
