The real problem behind McLaren’s F1 team orders controversy

Oscar and Lando have both been done dirty by McLaren, its embarrassing.

McLaren could have avoided all of this drama by just pitting Piastri first, therefore retaining the same order and then whoever won would have been on pure pace without any team orders intervention

Most controversial 1-2 finish since Multi 21 Seb

I can't believe how light you've been on Mclaren here, 100% their fault rather than the drivers . There's no world Noris is at fault for being put in a ridiculous situation for no reason

You didn’t even mention the engineer lying repeatedly to Norris about purported tyre wear during the race. That didn’t help the trust and credibility in the moment.

The emotional blackmail and gaslighting was incredible. Shows McLaren are not ready for a sustained championship fight, despite the "collaborative" cultural Zaky-poo loves to preach about

it was hilarious to see the team radio keep popping up. What are they going to tell him next? "Lando, your mum just called, can you stop by right now and ring her back?" "Lando, they just changed the direction of the race track in the section your on. You need to do a couple of loops to get back in the right direction." "Lando, if you don't slow down, all the cake will be thrown out for all the children here. Do you want to disappoint ALL the children? Can you imagine if Lando loses the championship by 24 points?

You could look at it as Norris questioning what is best for the team, not what he was being told to do. The fact that McLaren think that it's not best for the team to push the driver best positioned to win the championship to win is mind blowing

you can really tell that Andrea Stella used to work for Ferrari. absolute clownery.

Very generous to McLaren here. The 1-2 should have played out without drama but they fumbled it. Strategy screwed Oscar and put Lando in a difficult position, which then also screwed him out of racing Oscar for the win in the final stint. They tainted Oscars first win, their own 1-2 finish and stopped Lando from even having a chance to win himself.

I've never seen a situation where the Team needs grow up more then the drivers

The only radio message McLaren should have sent "Lando, we have given you pit priority to cover off Lewis. We will need to invert the positions if you undercut Piastri and give back the advantage. After that, you are free to race."

The idea that this situation is mostly to be carried by Lando is absolutely brain dead. McLaren messed this up. "They're just getting used to being at the front" is not a excuse for failing at your job to manage the race. The drivers jobs are to win. Thats what their default is and should be. Laying the load on Lando in the media is lazy.

Imagine Lando losing the championship by 1 to 6 points. This would be wild..

McLaren had enough delta over the other cars. They should have pitted Oscar first and let them race. Now both drivers feel icky and everyone looks weak.

I think it’s good Norris kinda showed them they shouldn’t take it for granted. He wants to be a teamplayer but also wants to make clear he wants to catch Max, so they shouldn’t try to manufacture a result that isn’t (at that time) natural at all.

McLaren make Ferrari look like a competent team

Hollow victory for Oscar id feel embarrassed tbh

As a McLaren fan, this is not how you do it. I feel bad for both drivers.

I don't know how difficult it was to tell Lando: we made a mistake and undercutted Oscar without willing, we need to make it right so please swap with him just for this time, then race.