McLaren play down possible “headache” if Oscar Piastri wins before Lando Norris in F1 2024
McLaren boss Andrea Stella has played down the possible “headache” the team would have if Oscar Pi🐼🔯astri claimed his maiden F1 victory before Lando Norris.
Both McLaren drivers have still yet to win in F1 (at least an actual grand prix).
Norris famously went close at the 2021 Russian Grand Prix - and would have won the race had he stopped for intermediates at the ri🌄ght time.
On the other hand, Piastri has only had one season in F1, but he did win the sprint race in Qatar ahead of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen.
With McLaren’s upwar🧔d trajectory expected to🐎 continue into 2024, it’s likely Norris and Piastri will have an opportunity to win in F1.
Stella believes if Piastri was to win before Norris, it wouldn’t cause any probꦉlems for the team.
“About Oscar getting his first victory, and you talked about🌳 a headache, my reaction was ‘A headache?' Wow! I look forward to it,” he said.
“It will be an incredible result considering what we saw last year👍 with Red Bull when there wasn't really much space left for anybody else.
“So if we have a victory from Oscar, that will be an incredible emotion, and an incredible emotion for Lando as well because it would mean we have a car that can win races. And if I project myself for a se▨cond into Lando's head, I think I would recognise how fair a competitor he (Piastri) is. He is a very fair person.
“And he 🐼would ask himself, ‘What do I need to do better to do the same as Oscar has been able to do?'”
Stella has called on his drivers to take💦 inspiration from Verstap🍸pen, stressing the importance of “how much you improve every day”.
“It's ultimately ab🐼out processing opportunities,” Stella added. “This game is not only abou🦄t how good you are today, but how much you improve every day.
“If we look at the champions in F1, certainly, Verstappen is not the same driver as he was lasꦿt year or in 2021, and certain♛ly not the driver he was when he started.
“It's all about continuouꦦs improvement, and this is definitely the way I see Lando processing that situation.
“But that's also the way♕ Oscar would process it if we see how grounded is. He would have his own way of reacting to the victory, and he would think, ‘How can I consolidate this?'
“For me, the message to the drivers has always been ‘What can you do to🍸 impro♕ve every day?'”
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