Motor racing-Team orders controversy not just about fairness for McLaren


FILE PHOTO: Formula One F1 - Austrian Grand Prix - Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria - June 27, 2025 McClaren team principal Andrea Stella before practice REUTERS/Gintare Karpaviciute/File Photo

MONZA, Italy (Reuters) -McLaren team boss Andrea Stella said a team orders controversy in Sunday's Italian Grand Prix was about putting McLaren's racing values first as well as fairness.

The reigning Formula One champions and runaway leaders asked Oscar Piastri to hand back second place to teammate Lando Norris after the Briton suffered a slow pitstop through no fault of his own.

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