Zak Brown explains how McLaren are handling ‘enjoyable’ task of managing Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri’s relationship

Zak Brown has insisted that dealing with the connection between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri each on and off the monitor is an “pleasing” activity for McLaren somewhat than a “drawback”, with the CEO hopeful that the pair’s rivalry will proceed till the tip of the season.

The Woking-based outfit have loved a formidable first half of the marketing campaign, having constructed a whopping 238-point lead within the Teams’ Championship, whereas Piastri and Norris at the moment are a way forward of their rivals within the Drivers’ standings.

This additionally noticed the 2 papaya vehicles collide for the first time at the Canadian Grand Prix, earlier than spending a lot of the next race in Austria locked in a fight for the win.

Requested through the British Grand Prix weekend about how he was discovering the duty of managing the intra-team battle between McLaren‘s drivers, Brown responded: “Fairly superior.

“I believed Austria was an epic race – everybody’s been sort of ready to see that race between the 2 of them and so they have been on it, they have been quick, they have been aggressive, they gave one another racing room and it was very thrilling, so I’m trying ahead to seeing extra of that.”

When it comes to whether or not it’s a case of making certain that Norris and Piastri maintain issues clear on the monitor – and nonetheless stay amicable off it – Brown admitted that he’s eager to see extra shut racing between the 2 proper all the way down to the wire.

“It’s not an issue,” Brown stated of dealing with the scenario. “It’s fairly pleasing, and so they need to race pretty. They simply need equal tools, honest therapy, which is strictly what they get, and so they need to beat 19 different vehicles, their staff mate included, so it’s a pleasure to work with them.

“They’ve received an incredible quantity of respect for one another – the way you see them conduct themselves, that’s how they’re behind the scenes.

“I feel quite a lot of that’s the chemistry that we’ve constructed within the staff, and I see no cause why it could possibly’t come all the way down to Abu Dhabi and I hope the 2 of them are battling it out, and when it’s all stated and performed they shake palms and say, ‘Job effectively performed’ and go once more subsequent yr.”