Andrea Stella Concedes McLaren Made "Incorrect Judgment" on Bahrain GP Strategy
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The McLaren Formula 1 team is looking for the reasons for its disappointing weekend at the Sepang circuit - a track that on paper should have perfectly suited the characteristics of the MCL40 car.
Only eight days after leaving the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, McLaren had a particularly difficult new race in Sepang. The situation was not as bad as in Baku, since Oscar Piastri finished sixth and Lando Norris ninth, but this result remains far from the expectations of a team that still won the Grand Prix a few weeks before. Above all, Andrea Stella admits an error in the choice of tyres at the start and (...)
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