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Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri urged to work together before competing for title
McLaren drivers Lando Norris of Britain, left, and Oscar Piastri of Australia, right, talk after qualifying session for the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, central Japan, Saturday, April 5, 2025

ANDREA STELLA says his McLaren drivers must work together to see off challengers such as Max Verstappen before they can consider an inter-team title battle.

McLaren won the opening two races of the season — one each for Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri — which sparked talk of a scrap between the team mates for the drivers’ championship.

But Verstappen, bidding for a fifth successive title, upset the odds by winning the Japanese Grand Prix to cut Norris’s title lead to just a single point.

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