McLaren’s decision to swap the positions of their drivers was intended to compensate Norris for the bad luck he suffered during a slow pit stop late in the race caused by a misfiring wheel gun. Whilst Norris was down for several seconds, Piastri, stationary for just 1.9 seconds, made up the deficit to his team-mate to claim second place.
Piastri challenged the orders before doing what he was told (Photo: Getty)
With eight races remaining that ought to be enough for the season’s outstanding performer to claim the title he deserves. However, you would not want to be on his side of the garage should Norris hunt him down to win by three points or fewer. And Norris would not want the asterisk that purists would place against his name were he to pull it off.
Piastri has impressed in myriad ways this season, demonstrating remarkable maturity that allows him to manage the highs and the lows. When the instruction came he challenged it, but then followed instructions and stepped aside. It’s a little bit like Hungary last year, said the team in justification. It wasn’t, and that justification was required at all was its own condemnation.
McLaren saw it differently, distorting the sporting dynamic via a confused understanding of the rules of engagement. The move was all the more perplexing for the harm it did to Norris’s mid-season turbo chase of championship leader Max Verstappen. It didn’t matter in the end since Verstappen proved his eminence with one of the great F1 victories in Brazil.
Max reacts to Oscar letting Lando past after the Briton had a slow stop pic.twitter.com/7mCC1syhEY
— Sky Sports F1 (@SkySportsF1) September 7, 2025Verstappen’s reaction echoed about the paddock, a sense of incredulity that a team should want to interfere with the laws of nature in this way. Michael Schumacher needed no help from Rubens Barrichello to establish himself as an all-time great, yet received it at the 2002 Austrian Grand Prix when the Ferrari hierarchy ordered the Brazilian to give way on the final lap to hand the championship leader victory.
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The move smothered Schumacher in scorn, and has the potential to colour the way Norris is seen, especially were he to do what he conspicuously failed to achieve last term, and push the championship leader all the way to the line.
Heraldic tradition requires heroes to fight their own battles, to swat aside obstacles no matter the degree of difficulty. Norris should have said thank you very much, but no thanks when Piastri moved over. Imagine what that would have done for his reputation.
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