McLaren will give Lando Norris priority over teammate Oscar Piastri in the Formula One championship battle with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, team principal Andrea Stella told the BBC on Thursday.

Britain’s Norris is second overall and 62 points behind triple world champion Verstappen with eight rounds remaining, plus three sprint races, while Australian Piastri is fourth and 106 off the lead.

“The overall concept is we are incredibly determined to win, but we want to win in the right way,” Stella told the broadcaster.

“We (will) bias our support to Lando but we want to do it without too much compromise on our principles.”