TRICKY FORMULA

Toto says McLaren team orders at Monza has set a precedent ‘difficult to undo’

- BY PHILIP DUNCAN

MERCEDES boss Toto Wolff has warned McLaren they have set a precedent which is “very difficult to undo” after ordering Oscar Piastri aside for world championship rival Lando Norris.

A slow pit-stop for Norris saw him drop from second to third behind teammate Piastri before McLaren told their drivers to swap positions at Monza on Sunday.

That allowed Norris to move within 31 points of Piastri with eight rounds remaining.

Norris, who was booed by the Tifosi as he collected his runners-up trophy on the podium, said it was “pretty stupid” to suggest a precedent had been laid down by McLaren.