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Was McLaren's comparison of Italy 2025 to Hungary 2024 in team orders clarification accurate?

Almost two weeks on from McLaren's decision to ask Oscar Piastri to wave Lando Norris through in Monza, following the Briton's slow pitstop in the closing stages of the race, both drivers have now had the benefit of various debriefs and debates about the Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix's chain of events.

Let's recap, for anyone who's been living under a rock: Norris and Piastri were running second and third at Monza. Piastri was given pitstop priority, largely to cover off Charles Leclerc. While Leclerc was almost 30s behind Piastri, the Monegasque was closing down Piastri in the previous laps; once Piastri stopped, he was just four seconds clear of the Ferrari.

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