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Why McLaren will let Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris race, but not "do whatever they want"

Mercedes' Toto Wolff has suggested McLaren should "let it roll" as Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri fight for the drivers' title, but team principal Andrea Stella has set out the difference between equal opportunities and unregulated freedom.

McLaren delivered its second front row lockout in three race weekends in the Netherlands, with Piastri getting the better of title rival Norris by just 0.012s as he defends a slender nine-point lead. With McLaren's 2025 car clearly the class of the field again on Zandvoort's technical layout, Piastri and Norris will likely get their own way again on Sunday, presenting the latest stress test of McLaren's resolve to let its two title protagonists race fair and square right until Abu Dhabi's season finale.

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