McLaren F1 Crew Principal Andrea Stella was disillusioned to return away from the Canadian Grand Prix with out factors as a consequence of Lando Norris’s penalty, which noticed him drop from ninth right down to thirteenth place. Oscar Piastri narrowly missed out on factors as nicely, ending in eleventh.
Nonetheless, Stella was happy with the efficiency of MCL60 at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, as each automobiles made it by to Q3 on Saturday and confirmed improved tempo on race day.
“We return from Canada with blended emotions. On one hand it’s a disgrace that the 5 second penalty given to Lando resulted in a demotion to P13, however however we confirmed higher tempo and each automobiles had been preventing for factors.”
Going into the second dash weekend of the season, Stella emphasised the significance of acclimating to the Purple Bull Ring shortly with only one follow session to organize forward of qualifying.
Stella added that McLaren has had a “constructive” monitor report in Austria over the previous few years, with Norris taking two consecutive podiums for the crew in 2020 and 2021, and a double factors end in 2022.
“We now shift our focus to this double-header beginning with Austria this weekend. The Austrian GP can be a Dash race weekend.
“With just one follow session, we’ll look to attempt to be prepared right away and be aggressive at a monitor during which we had constructive leads to earlier years.”
