McLaren’s ‘papaya rules’ may be over as Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris battle for the F1 drivers’ championship

If Formula 1 — like many of the world’s pre-eminent dictionaries — had a word or phrase of the year, 2025’s winner would be “Papaya rules”.

It is the mythical code that McLaren has adhered to like a sacred text for the past two seasons, as the former backmarker rose to the top of F1.

Papaya…