Zak Brown has a plan already in place for “when” his McLaren drivers conflict.
The McLaren CEO insists it’s inevitable that Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris could have a contentious second on-track this F1 season.
Piastri and Norris lead the championship, forward of Pink Bull’s Max Verstappen, after 5 rounds.
McLaren additionally possess the quickest automotive and are high of the constructors’ championship.
However Brown is aware of it can’t at all times be plain crusing and is ready for when Piastri and Norris get their elbows out.
McLaren plan for Lando Norris v Oscar Piastri incident
“The nice of the staff is to try to get 1-2s,” he instructed Channel 4.
“It’s as much as them to determine who’s P1 and who’s P2. They’re free to race.
“You haven’t seen that actually epic battle but. I believe it’s a matter of time.
“They are going to race one another cleanly and arduous.
“It’s not ‘if’ one thing occurs, it’s ‘when’ one thing occurs…
“It’s okay, they’re racing arduous, they’re sturdy rivals.
“We’ve already mentioned it. All these individuals who need to see one thing thrilling occur? It is going to be a non-event.
“We are going to speak it by, study from it. You possibly can’t have two drivers like now we have, and never anticipate some pleasure occasionally.”
Final weekend in Saudi Arabia, the McLaren drivers skilled vastly totally different fortunes.
Norris crashed in qualifying, leaving himself tenth on the beginning grid. Though he considerably rescued his mistake with a P4 grand prix end, he misplaced the lead of the drivers’ standings.
Piastri now leads the championship for the primary time in his profession after tying Norris’ tally of F1 grand prix wins.
Piastri has received two grands prix consecutively however the subsequent outing is in Miami, the scene of Norris’ season-changing win a 12 months in the past.
McLaren had been criticised for his or her technique final 12 months when Norris emerged as a risk to Vertappen’s drivers’ title.
They choose to not identify a No1 driver, a technique additionally utilized by Ferrari – not like Verstappen at Pink Bull.
That meant Norris was often not prioritised final season by McLaren, above Piastri, when he wanted the factors to problem Verstappen.
That technique developed all through 2024 however, this season, McLaren entered already with the perfect automotive and the very best expectations.
