McLaren will update their team orders at every🦋 race, Zak Brown insists, and team principal Andrea Stella will make the crucial call.

‘Papaya rulꦬes’ have come under the microscope as McLaren overtook Red Bull in the constructors’ championship, and Lando Norris closes in on Max Verstappen at the top of the drivers’.

McLaren do not ﷽recognise either Norris nor teammate Oscar Piastri as their No1 driver - however have hinted at a change of policy, with the big prizes up for grabs.

CEO Brown has now ꦜinsisted the specific♒ orders will be amended at every grand prix.

“I was watching something that Ron Dennis 𒁃was talking about,” he said to Sky Sports. “It was the team’s job to win the constructors’ championship, and the driver’s job to win the drivers’ champ🌺ionship. That’s what we’re doing.

“Anyt♑hing we can now do to help Land♉o, we’ll do that, whether it’s strategically…

“We don’t want to compromise Oscar’s results because he’s having an awesome season, and a battle of his o♌wn.

“If there are thin♔gs we can do to support Lando, that’s what we’ll do.

“We’re taking it on a race-by-race basis.

“We’๊ve got two great drivers capable of wi🏅nning races. It’s a fine line.

“Papaya rules are: know who your teamm😼ate is, help your teammate, race your teammate hard but cleanly.”

Must Piastri let Norris through?

Brown was asked if McLaren were leading the Singapore Grand Prix 1-2, with Piastri in front, whether he’d be ask⛦ed to concede victory🎐 to Norris.

Brown answered: “That will be Andrea’s call.

“Handing off a race win is a pretty difficu🍬lt thing to do. It’s a big ask of a grand prix driver.

“Lando wants to win the ch🍬ampionship, if he♎ can, the right way.

“If Oscar goes out and eaཧrns it💟, I’m not sure Lando wants to inherit a victory that way, anyway.”

Norris is 59 points adr🥀ift of Verstappen but is currently in the fas𝕴ter car.

Pia🦂stri, fourth in the standings, is 91 points away fr꧑om leader Verstappen.

Brown🎉 insists Piastri remain🌃s a title contender: “Mathematically, definitely.

“The gap between Lando and Max will requꦜire awesome weekends, and back luck.

“One𒐪 of the challenges is that we’re not looking at a driver who is too far back from Lando.

“That’s why we’ll take it oneꦰ race at a time. What are the circumstances?

“If Max has h𝓀ad a DNF so it’s a big points haul, that’s one scenario. 🧸Time starts ticking, that’s another scenario.”