Lando Norris was booed after McLaren ordered his team-mate and title rival Oscar Piastri aside as this season’s world championship battle took a controversial twist at Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix.

Norris, who finished runner-up to Red Bull’s winner Max Verstappen , backed McLaren’s contentious move to usher Piastri out of the way after the Englishman fell behind him following a slow late pit-stop.

However, Norris was jeered by the Tifosi gathered underneath the podium as he collected his trophy for crossing the line in second, a place ahead of Piastri.

“I heard them, but I don’t know what I am meant do,” Norris said. “The cheers were louder than the boos, and that is the most important thing.”

Norris had been on course to finish a comfortable and deserved runner-up until a fault

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