Oct.15 (GMM) Zak Brown has dismissed Alex Palou’s courtroom declare that he by no means wished Oscar Piastri in a McLaren seat, describing the allegation as “completely ridiculous.”
L’Equipe’s headline reported: “We’ve got the perfect duo on the F1 grid with Oscar and Lando: Zak Brown rejects Alex Palou’s accusations”. De Telegraaf ran: “McLaren boss Zak Brown denies he was in opposition to the arrival of world championship chief Oscar Piastri”.
In separate feedback revealed by Sport1, Brown additionally rejected strategies that McLaren’s so-called ‘Papaya guidelines’ have to be revised now that the constructors’ title is secured and following the tense on-track conflict between Piastri and teammate Lando Norris in Singapore.
“Our technique isn’t altering,” Brown mentioned. “We’re approaching the remaining races precisely as now we have all of the earlier ones.
“As a lot as we want to restrict the duel to our two guys, Max continues to be totally within the recreation,” he added, referring to four-time world champion Max Verstappen.
“The bottom line is to remain targeted and humble on the similar time. We couldn’t be hungrier.”
The remarks come amid hypothesis that Piastri’s supervisor Mark Webber is weighing up a possible Ferrari change for the Australian for 2027, whereas debate continues over whether or not McLaren ought to designate a transparent number one driver.
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