Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has warned McLaren they have set a precedent which is “very difficult to undo” after ordering Oscar Piastri aside for world championship rival Lando Norris in Italy on Sunday.

A slow pit-stop for Norris saw him drop from second to third behind team-mate Piastri before McLaren told their drivers to swap positions.

McLaren’s contentious decision allowed Norris to move within 31 points of Piastri with eight rounds remaining.

Norris, who was booed by the Tifosi as he collected his runners-up trophy on the Monza podium, said it was “pretty stupid” to suggest a precedent had now been laid down by McLaren.

However, Wolff, who oversaw Lewis Hamilton’s fractious intra-team rivalry with Nico Rosberg, said: “There is no right and there is no wrong, and I’m curious

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