Montoya: The contract does not allow Norris to help Piastri

      Former Formula 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya believes that McLaren cannot break the "papaya rule" by switching to support only one of its drivers, because equal treatment is written into their contracts.

      Juan Pablo Montoya: "The team cannot ask one driver to help another, because the drivers' contracts state that, as long as they are still mathematically in contention, the team cannot ask them to assist their teammate.

      Obviously, instructions favoring one of the drivers in the title fight are different from orders to help the team, which the contract obliges them to follow. I'm talking about the standard set of tools: swapping positions if one car has a better strategy, not holding each other up, preserving positions at the finish to avoid risking retirement. Although even that can in principle be used without directly saying 'help your teammate win the title'."