“There aren’t any Papaya Guidelines anymore,” says championship contender Lando Norris. “We have by no means had them.”
Because the controversy over McLaren’s establishment of crew orders at Monza rumbles on, Lando Norris seems to have thrown gasoline on the fireplace by claiming that there aren’t any Papaya Guidelines.
The Woking crew first revealed the idea final 12 months, with Zak Brown claiming that the rule permits the crew’s drivers to “race one another respectfully, and provides one another sufficient room and do not contact one another”.
Regardless of various incidents, and ongoing claims that the crew tends to favour Norris over his teammate, both strategically or, as was the case on Sunday, issuing exact directions, McLaren makes a lot of the idea, claiming that it’s distinctive to the Woking crew and truthful to each its drivers and followers alike.
Not so, says Norris.
“There aren’t any Papaya Guidelines anymore,” he tells DAZN. “We have by no means had them.”
Although admitting that there’s a doc detailing racing protocol between the pair, the Briton insists: “It is not even a web page lengthy!
“The vital factor is it says ‘Honest’,” he provides. “And this covers many issues, equity for me and for Oscar.
“I do not select that these items occur,” he insists. “We do not care what’s occurred up to now, however we do what we expect is correct for us.”
Referring to Sunday’s controversy, when Piastri was ordered at hand again second place to his teammate following a botched pit cease, Norris says: “It is not what I would like nor what the crew needs. It makes issues sophisticated, and sophisticated the place.
“Nevertheless it’s what all of us as a crew, each drivers, determined was the fitting factor to do if it occurred,” he provides. “It needed to be corrected. If it had occurred to Oscar, we’d have accomplished precisely the identical.”
In the meantime, former F1 supremo, Bernie Ecclestone – by no means one to contain himself in issues controversial – has criticised McLaren for its actions on Sunday.
“They speak about equity on a regular basis,” he advised Blick. “However is it truthful for Piastri if he’s punished for a mistake made by the crew? No.
“You slowly get the sensation that McLaren prefers a world champion named Lando Norris,” he added. “Errors like missed pit stops, engine failures, and suspension failures could have develop into much less frequent, however they’re a part of the game.”
