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Norris compared to Ayrton Senna and Oscar Piastri as Prost? No, however the team must hope championship is settled through racing
McLaren along with F1 could do with any conclusive outcome during this championship battle involving Norris & Piastri getting resolved on the track and without reference to team orders as the title run-in begins at the Circuit of the Americas on Friday.
Singapore Grand Prix aftermath prompts internal strain
With the Marina Bay event’s doubtless extensive and stressful debriefs dealt with, the Woking-based squad is aiming for a fresh start. Norris was likely more than aware about the historical parallels regarding his retort to his aggrieved teammate during the previous race weekend. During an intense championship duel against Piastri, that Norris invoked a famous Senna well-known quotes was lost on no one but the incident which triggered his statement differed completely to those that defined Senna's iconic battles.
“Should you criticize me for just going an inside move through an opening then you don't belong in F1,” stated Norris of his opening-lap attempt to pass that led to the cars colliding.
His comment appeared to paraphrase Senna’s “Should you stop attempting for a gap that exists then you cease to be a racing driver” defence he gave to the racing knight following his collision with the French champion at Suzuka back in 1990, securing him the championship.
Similar spirit yet distinct situations
While the spirit remains comparable, the wording marks where parallels stop. Senna later admitted he had no intent of letting Prost to defeat him through the first corner while Norris did try to execute a clean overtake in Singapore. Indeed, his maneuver was legitimate which received no penalty even with the glancing blow he made against his McLaren teammate during the pass. That itself was a result of him touching the car driven by Verstappen in front of him.
The Australian responded angrily and, notably, immediately declared that Norris's position gain was “unfair”; the implication being the two teammates clashing was verboten by team protocols for racing and Norris should be instructed to return the place he had made. McLaren did not do so, yet it demonstrated that during disputes between them, each would quickly ask to the team to step in in their favor.
Team dynamics and fairness being examined
This is part and parcel from McLaren's commendable approach to let their drivers race one another and strive to maintain strict fairness. Aside from creating complex dilemmas in setting precedents about what defines just or unjust – which, under these auspices, now covers bad luck, strategy and on-track occurrences such as in Singapore – there is the question of perception.
Most crucially to the title race, six races left, Piastri is ahead of Norris by 22 points, each racer's view exists as fair and when their opinion may diverge from the team's stance. Which is when their friendly rapport between the two may – finally – become a little bit more Senna-Prost.
“It’s going to come a point where minor points count,” commented Mercedes boss Wolff post-race. “Then they’ll start to calculate and re-calculations and I suppose the elbows are going to come out a bit more. That's when it begins to get interesting.”
Audience expectations and championship implications
For the audience, in what is a two-horse race, increased excitement will probably be welcomed in the form of an on-track confrontation instead of a spreadsheet-based arbitration of circumstances. Not least because in Formula One the alternative perception from these events isn't very inspiring.
To be fair, McLaren are making the correct decisions for themselves and it has paid off. They clinched their tenth team championship in Singapore (albeit a brilliant success overshadowed by the fuss prompted by their drivers' clash) and in Andrea Stella as squad leader they have an ethical and principled leader who genuinely wants to act correctly.
Sporting integrity versus team management
However, with racers competing for the title appealing to the team to decide matters is unedifying. Their contest ought to be determined on track. Luck and destiny will have roles, yet preferable to allow them just battle freely and observe outcomes naturally, than the impression that every disputed moment will be analyzed intensely by the team to determine if they need to intervene and then cleared up afterwards behind closed doors.
The scrutiny will intensify with every occurrence it is in danger of potentially making a difference which might prove decisive. Already, following the team's decision for position swaps in Italy because Norris had endured a delayed stop and Piastri feeling he was treated unfairly regarding tactics at Hungary, where Norris won, the shadow of concern about bias also looms.
Squad viewpoint and future challenges
Nobody desires to witness a championship constantly disputed over perceived that the efforts to be fair were unequal. When asked if he believed the squad had managed to do right by both drivers, Piastri said he believed they had, but noted it's a developing process.
“We've had several challenging moments and we discussed a number of things,” he said after Singapore. “But ultimately it's educational for the entire squad.”
Six meetings remain. McLaren have little room for error to do their cramming, so it may be better now to simply close the books and withdraw from the fray.
Brian Hernandez
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