"And in the 50-50 situations or in those cases in which, in this case, Lando may need a bit of extra support from the team, we are going to give it."
While Verstappen’s lead is still healthy, McLaren’s dominant display at the Dutch Grand Prix could be a cause for concern.
One topic of discussion in recent rounds has been McLaren prioritising Norris and potentially making him the ‘number one driver’. “We always have conversations around team orders from race one because you always want to enter a race having clarity as to how we are going to manage the internal competition between the two drivers,” he said on Sunday at Zandvoort, where“So, the conversations about team orders happens throughout the season. But then you have to take this conversation within the context of what is, for instance, the driver's classification.
“Or, you know, like you have eight good weekends and it's a weekend in which you are struggling a little bit,” he added. “Then the team can assist, right? But there's no driver that, like, we have nine races ahead of us and we create a number one driver.
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