Jacques Villeneuve believes McLaren ’s “papaya rules” is very soft as drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris vie for their first F1 world championship.

Piastri revealed that the McLaren drivers now have a “clean slate” until the end of the season, after the team previously suggested Norris faced “repercussions” over their collision in Singapore earlier this month.

Yet Piastri hitting Norris in last week’s sprint in Austin has balanced out the driver preference with five races to go of the 2025 season. Piastri’s lead is 14 points over Norris and 40 points ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.

Yet 1997 F1 world champion Villeneuve was critical of McLaren’s “papaya rules” – the team’s directive that their drivers can race but without risk of contact – and believes it is like “

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