Re-writing papaya rules: We fix McLaren's rules of engagement

The Race F1 Podcast

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🗓️ 13 October 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

With McLaren’s racing rules still a big talking point after the scrape between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri in Singapore, we have a go at re-writing their so-called 'rules of engagement'.

Edd Straw is joined by Ben Anderson and Scott Mitchell-Malm to unpick what McLaren's papaya rules actually entail, and how it could better handle its desire for fairness in the title run in.

We also look a bit more broadly at the title run, McLaren's run of three successive defeats, and ask what we should we expect from the remaining six events.

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2:00.1	I'm Ed Strawn joining me to rewrite the papaya rules are Scott Mitchell Malm and Ben Anderson.
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