Explained: Would Lando Norris have caught Max Verstappen?
McLaren boss Andrea Stella breaks down Lando Nℱorris' chase💖 of Max Verstappen at Imola
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella is unsure if 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris could have passed 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen to win the F1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
Red Bull’s Verstappen appeared to be c༒ruising to victory until he struggled wiܫth tyres in the final stint, with Norris, who won last time out in Miami, turning in a late charge to challenge for victory.
Norris got within a second of Verstappen on theꦜ final lap but fell just short of mounting an overtake on the reigning world champion, prompting suggestions he only needed another lap or two to pull off an overtake.
B🦩ut Stella does not think Norris overha🙈uling Verstappen would have been as easy as some people made out.
"Well, 63 laps is already many laps," Stella told Sky Sports F1. "Many timeꦍs you say you would like one lap more.
"It is wh♋at it is and also it is Max Ver🌠stappen, I am sure he was a bit in trouble but he managed to get the most out of what he had, so well done Max and well done to our two drivers, second and fourth.”
Stella ack𒅌nowledged that losing too much time in the first stint behind Verstappen ultimately cost McLaren, but praised Norris for becoming “a bit of a master” when it comes to tyre 💖management.
"We actually lost too much time in the first stint behind Max, but we had too much rear degrad🐻ation and we thought actually todaജy was about watching the mirrors [more] than watching ahead of us," he said.
"After a period on the hard tyres in which we saved the tyres, 🍸while Leclerc and Oscar [Piastri] were fighting each other, I think this initial investment paid dividends towards the end of the race for Lando.
"🌠Managing the budget of the tyres was an im🌜portant factor and we have to say from this point of view Lando has become a bit of a master.
"Oscar paid for some issues we had yesterday in qualifying, otherwise he w🥀ould’ve been on the podium as well. We take this positive and we look forward with some optimism now."
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