The team aren\u2019t favouring either driver, something that F1 legend and former McLaren driver Emerson Fittipaldi noted that he \u2018especially likes\u2019<\/a> about the current title fight.<\/p>\n Position Drivers’ Championship PointsPts 1 284 2 275 3 187 4 172 <\/p>\n At the moment, it\u2019s impossible to call who will come out on top between Piastri<\/a> and Norris<\/a>, with the former enjoying a very slender nine-point lead at the top of the drivers\u2019 standings.<\/p>\n Zak Brown shared his verdict<\/a> on how he wants the title to be decided, telling both of his drivers, \u2018May the best man win.\u2019<\/p>\n Andrea Stella isn\u2019t telling the McLaren drivers \u2018anything\u2019 when it comes to racing each other<\/p>\n Former McLaren employee Jo Ramirez was a guest on the ESPN MX Racing podcast, where he revealed what Stella<\/a> said to him following Norris\u2019 victory at the Hungaroring, highlighting the team\u2019s calmness in those hairy moments.<\/p>\n \u201cI had the luck of being in Budapest for the last race, which was also a one-two,\u201d Ramirez started. \u201cThey almost touched at the end, and that would have been worse than when they touched in Canada, which was Lando\u2019s fault, leading to him losing the race and his points. <\/p>\n \u201cIf they hit in Hungary and both had retired, imagine the disaster. But the team remained completely cool. I spoke with Zak and Andrea after the race, and Andrea said, \u2018At no moment did we tell them anything. There was nothing, the only thing we asked was that they don\u2019t touch each other.\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s very easy to say don\u2019t touch when there are two drivers who both want to win and the cars are equal. <\/p>\n \u201cBut, they had the firmness, even if the heart was beating a lot, to say nothing and let them race until the last moment.\u201d<\/p>\n
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