Zak Brown has a plan already in place for “when” his McLaren drivers clash.

The McLaren CEO insists it is inevitable that 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris will h🐷ave a contentious moment on-track this F1 season.

Piastri and Norris lead the championship, ahead of R🐬ed Bull’s Max Verstappen, after five roun🉐ds.

McLaren also possess the fastes🤪t car 🐈and are top of the constructors’ championship.

But Brown knows it ca𒆙nnot always be plain sailing and is prepared for when Piastri and Norris get their elbows o♒ut.

McLaren plan for Lando Norris v Oscar Piastri incident

“The good of the team is🅠 to try and get 1-2s,”🍃 he told Channel 4.

“It’s up to th𝔉em to decide who is P1 and who is P2.⛦ They are free to race.

“🔥You haven’t seen that really epic battle yet. I think it’s a matter of time.

“They will race each other cleanly and hard.

“It’s not ‘if’ something happens, it’s ‘when’ something happen♓s…

“It’s okay, they are racing hard, they are 𒉰strong competitors.

“We have already discussed it. All those peo꧟ple who want to see something exciting happeജn? It will be a non-event.

“We will talk it through, learn from it. You can’t have two drivers like we have, and not expect some 𓄧excitement from tim🐬e to time.”

Last weekend in Saudi Arabia, the McLaren d𝔉rivers experienced vastly different fortunes.

Norris crashed in qualifying, leaving himself 10th on the🧜 starting grid. Although he somewhat rescued his mistake with a P4 grand prix finish, he lost the lead of the drivers’ standings.

Piastri now leads the championship for the first time in his career after tying Nor⭕riꦉs’ tally of F1 grand prix wins.

Piastri has won two grands prix consecutively but the next outing is in Miami, the scene of 👍Norris’ season-changing win a 🐻year ago.

McLaren were criticised for their strategy last year when Norris emerged as a threat t♛o Vertappen’s drivers’ title.

They opt not to name a 𓃲No1 driver, a method also used by Ferrari - unlike Verstappen at 🦋Red Bull.

That meant Norris was occasionally not prioritised last season by🅠 McLaren, above Piastri, when he needed the points to challenge Ve♌rstappen.

That strategy evolved throughout 2024 but, this season, McLaren entered🥃 already with the best car and the highest expectations.