Lando Norris’s first victory in Miami, third place in the constructors’ championship… The successful development of the single-seater allowed the English team to challenge Red Bull on numerous circuits. With 116 points in three weeks, McLaren is replenishing the coffers: it is the team which has scored the most points over the last three race weekends. Building on Ferrari’s zero points at the Canadian Grand Prix, it is slowly approaching second position.
“I think we can be confident”assures Oscar Piastri as the Spanish GP approaches. “I wouldn’t say we’re weak at high speed, it’s just that the others have probably caught up to us a bit. I’m pretty confident that we’ll be somewhere at the forefront, continues the Australian. Red Bull will probably be stronger than they have been, but we will be in the fight. »
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Slower in turns
Andrea Stella, engineer and Team Principal of McLaren, seems to have found the solution to the poor performance of the cars in the slow corners. “ We’re starting to understand that some of the things we’ve been working on have unlocked some important behaviors in the car, which become relevant in low-speed corners.explains the McLaren director. But this is information that we don’t necessarily want to share because we don’t want the competition to look at it. For us, internally, it is important that some of the work done over the previous month seems to have paid off, because there is still work to be done. And that’s what we’re focusing on for the upcoming developments this season and, of course, for the 2025 car.”
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“We are in the game”
The papaya clan leaves confidently for Barcelona. Oscar Piastri remains realistic, “It’s obvious that Red Bull has taken a bit of a lead. » The pilot is confident: “I don’t know how far behind Ferrari we are now, but obviously we’ve taken a lot of points back from them, so I definitely think we’re in the mix. But it will take a big second half of the season to get there. »
