McLaren heads into Azerbaijan GP on verge of F1 constructors’ title

The Formula 1 title race is heating up and McLaren’s golden rule — “Let ’em race” — risks expanding into a whole rule book.

Asking Oscar Piastri to give up second place to Lando Norris at the Italian Grand Prix because of a slow pit stop showed how McLaren’s seemingly simple approach risks being bogged down in debates about what’s fair on track.

The battle between Norris and Piastri will become McLaren’s sole focus if the team can wrap up the constructors’ title Sunday at the Azerbaijan GP in Baku with a record seven races remaining.

Friday practice brought some unexpected problems, however, as both McLarens bumped the wall.

McLaren leads by 337 points and takes the title if one driver wins and the other is second or third, which would end the faint mathematical chances of Ferrari, Mer