Italian Grand Prix: Norris-Piastri title fight 'refuses to get nasty, even when McLaren create own controversy'

Team boss Andrea Stella (centre) says McLaren's "racing principles" underpin their approach

This Formula 1 title fight between McLaren's Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri just refuses to get nasty, even when the team find themselves embroiled in controversy of their own making.

The Italian Grand Prix threw up the sort of situation that in many - if not most - cases in F1 would be expected to generate acrimony.

For most of the race, Norris and Piastri ran second and third behind Red Bull's Max Verstappen, the Dutchman too fast for Norris, and Norris too fast for Piastri.

But in throwing the strategy dice by running their cars as long as possible before a pit stop, and then deciding to stop them in the 'wrong' order, McLaren generated a problem for themselves.