Overview

• Unconfirmed media reports from F1-Insider, relayed by DerWesten, claim Oscar Piastri feels disadvantaged compared with Lando Norris at McLaren.
• The same reports speculate about a possible 2027 exit for Piastri with Ferrari cited as an option and say his manager Mark Webber is displeased.
• Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur downplays McLaren’s internal guidelines, jokingly calling them "Mango rules," and says it is no drama.
• Mercedes boss Toto Wolff praises Andrea Stella and Zak Brown for transparent driver management and warns elbows may come out as the points squeeze.
• McLaren sealed the constructors’ title in Singapore, where light contact between Norris and Piastri at the start muted festivities, and Piastri leads Norris by 22 points with Max Verstappen 63 behind.