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McLaren setting up ‘biggest defeat in F1 history' – media

Dec.1 The 2025 world championship will go down to the wire after McLaren threw away a likely 1-2 in Qatar with what rivals are calling one of the most baffling strategy errors in years. The ‘Papaya'-coloured team was the only outfit not to pit under the early safety car – a call that detonated Oscar Piastri's dominant weekend and handed Max Verstappen and Red Bull another lifeline. Sky Italia's Carlo Vanzini didn't hold back: 'If McLaren lose the world championship, it would be the biggest defeat in F1 history.' Even Dr Helmut Marko mocked the team's much-debated 'Papaya Rules' philosophy of equal treatment. 'I'm not that familiar with all these papaya rules,' he smiled. 'We...
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