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Oct 2025
51m 54s

Re-writing papaya rules: We fix McLaren'...

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With McLaren’s racing rules still a big talking point after the scrape between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri in Singapore, we have a go at re-writing their so-called 'rules of engagement'.


Edd Straw is joined by Ben Anderson and Scott Mitchell-Malm to unpick what McLaren's papaya rules actually entail, and how it could better handle its desire for fairness in the title run in.


We also look a bit more broadly at the title run, McLaren's run of three successive defeats, and ask what we should we expect from the remaining six events.


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