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McLaren can scrap ‘papaya rules' now – pundit

Sep.16 Lando Norris is coming under ever more intense scrutiny in his quest to win the 2024 drivers' world championship. On the face of it, the Briton's recovery from his abysmal P17 qualifying effort in Baku was reasonable, as he finished P4 in the wake of the Sergio Perez-Carlos Sainz crash and even passed Max Verstappen on track. Verstappen's championship lead therefore dropped from 62 to 59 points. 'I kept that chance alive today,' McLaren driver Norris said after the Azerbaijan GP. 'A lot of people didn't think we could catch up to Max.' But despite the ‘papaya rules' regime now playing out at McLaren, it was Norris' ever more impressive teammate Oscar Piastri who won on...
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