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Stella says McLaren will discuss Sprint contact as a question of team values

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After the Singapore Grand Prix, Andrea Stella said McLaren would discuss Saturday’s Sprint contact to reflect on the team it wants to be, not to reopen why or how it happened. He said he was pleased with Norris’s closing-lap comments, including an offer to help Piastri catch Hamilton.

GPBeat · Newsroom15 Oct 2026, 14:36 · 1 min

After Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix, Andrea Stella said McLaren would discuss the contact between its drivers in Saturday’s Sprint to reflect on the kind of team it wants to be — not to reopen why or how it happened.

Stella said he had called the Sprint incident unacceptable and was pleased that the drivers shared his view. The team’s interests, he said, must take precedence over those of any individual, whether in the factory, pit lane or cockpit.

Stella said he was pleased with what Norris said in the closing laps: the McLaren driver had offered to hold Lewis Hamilton up so teammate Oscar Piastri could catch him. Piastri passed Hamilton on the final lap, making the offer unnecessary. Stella expects more such examples from his drivers — over the radio, in meetings and during strategy discussions.

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