McLaren chief executive Zak Brown says the team would rather lose the Drivers' Championship to Max Verstappen than back Lando Norris or Oscar Piastri in the title fight.

McLaren have been clear all year that their drivers are free to race but the closeness of Norris and Piastri mean they have taken points off each other, with Verstappen closing a 104-point deficit to 36 points with four rounds to go

Norris is one point ahead of Piastri ahead of this weekend's Sao Paulo Grand Prix and both drivers are going for their first world championship.

But, Brown referenced the 2007 F1 season when McLaren pair Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso narrowly lost out to Kimi Raikkonen in the Drivers' Championship, with the team not backing one driver.

He said on the Beyond the Grid podcast: "We're w

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