Johnny Herbert has warned McLaren against “getting involved with calls” as its drivers battle for the F1 World Championship.

He wants to see the best driver win the championship — independent of what the team has to say about it.

McLaren advised to let the best driver win the F1 2025 championship

As McLaren began to contend for race wins in 2024, the team was faced with an awkward situation: Should it prioritize Lando Norris, who looked set to potentially challenge Max Verstappen for the World Drivers’ Championship? Or should it let its drivers race it out fair and square?

The team instituted something it called “papaya rules” in response — basically, a mandate that its drivers race each other clean and fair.

The goal of “papaya rules” is less to prioritize one driver over another t

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