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The philosophical debate about McLaren's F1 Italian GP team orders

By the time the Azerbaijan Grand Prix has been and gone, commenters in Formula 1 will have found something else to poke fun at, or become incensed by, as the Monza affair fades into obscurity.

McLaren's enforced swap between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri became the subject of memes, ire, and light mockery as the team restored the order between its drivers to what it was before its pitstops, as Norris lost time with a slow stop. It felt reasonably obvious that McLaren would do that and, despite Piastri's protestations that slow stops counted as racing, he duly acquiesced to the command.

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