Italian Grand Prix: Norris-Piastri title fight ‘refuses to get nasty, even when McLaren create own controversy’
What is remarkable about all this is the equality and wider championship war that McLaren’s drivers deal with this special situation.
He also talks to his characters, and he also tells how Stella has achieved all the McLaren team to buy the culture.
At the beginning of 2023 in two short years, after Stella took over, last year, a culture – and leadership – this is a culture – and leadership – and leadership – and leadership.
Racing drivers are in a unique position. Competitive athletes for personal success. However, they are dependent on their teams for the machines they will succeed.
Generally, in F1, these two strong opposing forces are the drama and out of the track on the path between their teammates who object to a title.
This is Hamilton and Nico Rosberg in Mercedes, Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, Hamilton and Fernando Alonso, the ruler of Piastri, McLaren and Alain Prost, McLaren, Nigel Mansell and Williams.
Stella’s success in McLaren is multifaceted. However, it is absolutely the most remarkable to control it.
Both drivers bought it.
As Piastri said: “We don’t just want the chance of success for this year. There’s a big arrangement change next year. We don’t know how competitive we’re going to be and we don’t know how much no one will compete.
“Ultimately, we want the best chance to win the championships as long as we are Formula 1 drivers, and we are both in McLaren.
“It is very important to protect people who give us this opportunity. It is easy enough to put yourself in the second place like this.”
Norris added: “This was very nice. He said good. I don’t need to add it anymore.”
Before the race, there was a less announced and clear example of it.
In qualification, Piastri was asked by the team to give Norris a backup in the second session. At that time, Norris faced the danger of being knocked down – which meant being qualified from the top 10 and giving Piastri a great help hand in the championship.
However, Piastri accepted without hesitation.
Later, Stella was asked whether or not he would accept whether such things have stopped as the title fighting peak.
He said: “This is not the most elegant movement, sometimes the race does not require elegance as long as you work within the principles and rules of the team.”
