The impact of future McLareꦍn team orders will be a “hard ask”, Nico Rosberg has warned.

The ‘papaya rules’ - McLaren’s refusal to treat either Lando Norris or Oscar Piastri as their priority driver - were criticised at last weekend’s F1 Itaᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚlian Grand Prix.

Norris and Piastri battled for position on the first lap🐎, but ultimately Ferrari’s Charles Le♕clerc won at Monza.

McLaren have hinted that they might reassess their team orders as the drivers’ and constructors’ championship b🐓attles get closer.

Norris is 62 points behind Max Verstappen in the drivers’ standings, and McLaren are just eight points adrift of ꦦRed Bull in the constructors’.

Rosberg told the Sk🥂y F1 podcast: “In Lando’s situation you want to win races on merit and notไ because your teammate helps you.

“Turn 4, for 🍃example? You wouldn’t see it as your teammate helping you if the team said ‘calm 🍨down, hold position to keep the Ferraris behind’.”

Rosberg♛ added: “It is hard on Oscar. Because he will have a No 1 contract.

“It won’t say in his contract ‘you need to help Lando𝓰’.

“He’s driving brillian🅰tly also. He deserves every opportunity to get race wins.

“Mathematically he can st♔ill be world champion. He’s not that far behind Lando.

“It’s a hard♛ ask for Oscar to start forfeiting race wins, potentially.”

McLaren orders 'go against their DNA'

Norris⛎ has won grands prix in Miami and the Netherlands this season, and Piastri won in Hungary.

Piastri’s Hungary win saw McLaren implement a team order to race-๊leader Norris, demanding he allowed his teamm💞ate through. Norris eventually complied.

Rosberg was asked why McLaren are now forced to rethink their philosophy midseason, anꦕd he said: “The situ♐ation is totally unexpected to them. Their DNA is to go racing with two No1s with equal opportunity.

“They didn’t see this co💦ming at all. It’s a big learning process for them.

“It’s a big requirement to think about, and to see what the best appro💯ach is.

“It goes against their DNA which is two No1 drivers with the same opportuni𝐆ty.”

Rosberg insisted that McLaren could not have planned for Norris and Piastri t෴o be so closely challenging Verstappen in the drivers’ standings.

He said the team were unable to change their team orders philosophy earlier because of their sharp rise to formꦦ.

“Maybe it w🐈as early because nobody t🌠hought Lando had a real chance at the championship,” he said.

“Certainly now, because it’s so clear. They are the favourites in the constructors’ championship, and the drivers’ championship is a re🐭al possibility.

“Both Andrea Stella and 💯Zak Brown, clearly, are starting to think strongly about it.”