Former McLaren and Alpine design engineer Mark Lane says Lando Norris has thrown his “toys” out of the pram as his F1 2025 battle with teammate Oscar Piastri intensifies.

It comes after Norris declared that “there are no papaya rules” anymore after McLaren imposed team orders on its drivers at last weekend’s Italian Grand Prix.

Former McLaren man reacts to Lando Norris’s papaya rules claim

McLaren missed out on victory for the first time since June’s Canadian Grand Prix as Max Verstappen, the reigning four-time World Champion, collected his third win of the F1 2025 season for Red Bull.

Norris and Piastri were forced to settle for second and third respectively in a race defined by a late team orders drama at McLaren .

McLaren parted from standard procedure by pitting Piastri first de

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