• sin_free_for_00_days
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      On lap 24 of 51, the McLaren pair came to blows at the first chicane as rookie racer Piastri re-joined the Monza track alongside earlier-stopping Norris in a dice for what was then 10th position.

      With Piastri on the inside at the tight first apex, the front-right of the Australian’s MCL60 glanced his team-mate’s sidepod. There was no major damage and both escaped punishment from the stewards.

      Nevertheless, team boss Stella branded the incident as “unacceptable”. He said: “There should never ever be contact between two McLaren cars.

      “There was a contact, which doesn’t fit the way we go racing at McLaren.

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        …while we were watching two Ferrari fighting each other towards the end, and everyone was asking himself whether they would shoot each other off the track…