The McLaren Formula 1 team is evaluating whether or not Oscar Piastri should start using some of the new suspension components that Lando Norris has adopted.
Since the Canadian Grand Prix in mid-June, McLaren's two drivers have diverged in terms of their front suspension geometry - with Norris running the latest design.
The tweaks, which mainly involve the mounting points to the front upright, are aimed at improving the feel that the driver gets through the steering wheel to better understand what the car is doing when cornering.
This is in response to what McLaren team principal Andrea Stella has referred to as a "numbness" that was felt by both drivers at the start of the campaign.
Norris was suffering more from this phenomenon so has embraced the changes, while Piastri has preferred to stick with what he has run with since the start of the campaign.
While McLaren has downplayed the significance of the change - referring to it more as a set-up choice than an out-and-out upgrade - the fact that the two cars continue to run differently is not without its complications.
And that is why Stella has suggested that, where parts production is concerned, it may be of benefit if Piastri adopts at least some of what Norris is running.
"The different front suspension set-up does not complicate the way we look at the data, [nor] the way we compare how well the two cars are doing from a car performance point of view or a driving performance point of view," said Stella. "That's not a problem itself.
"If anything it is more a problem from a parts point of view, because we need to have various specifications that we carry with us.
"We are actually discussing whether some of the options adopted by Lando might be interesting for Oscar in the future. This will be evaluated."
McLaren weighing up what to do with the front suspension design across both cars comes with Piastri not appearing to be too keen to try out the latest suspension tweak.
Speaking ahead of the British Grand Prix about the alternative geometry, he said: "I've not used it ever yet. The thing is, for me, it's not an upgrade. It's just something that is different.
"It makes some things potentially a bit better, it makes some things a bit worse. If it was just all benefits, I would be putting it on with no questions asked. But for me I've not really struggled with that kind of particular feeling.
"The year has been going pretty well, so I'm more keen to just keep the car consistent and worry about how we get the most out of the set-up and the other upgrades we actually have, than this change to the suspension."
Stella conceded that while Norris has gained from the new suspension, it may well be that Piastri does not want to change.
"We can see Lando is just more comfortable and this is really good news," he said.
"For Oscar, he has always been in a good space in terms of relationship with the car. So there's a chance that these differences will persist for the remainder of the season."
Norris questions impact
Although McLaren believes that the front suspension tweak has lifted Norris's performances, he has suggested that his recent wins in Austria and Britain are about more than just the geometry change.
He said that a concerted effort to improve his approach had contributed a lot more.
"People talk about it probably too much," he said about the suspension. "That's just my honest opinion.
"It could be that it's helping me, and when I say helping, it’s helping me by hundredths, thousandths. It's impossible to put a number on it."
He added: "Yes, I won two races since. I was real quick in Canada. I'm not going to say it's down to that, obviously. I want to put more of it down to my hard work, my work I've been doing away from the track, with my team, with many people that I have around me.
"I put it way more down to that than some alterations on the suspension. At the same time, I could just say I think I could have achieved the same thing without it and just going back to our previous spec."
