McLaren's biggest ostacle is not so much Red Bull, it is 'in fairness' Max Verstappen who is 'one step too far' ahead admits Andrea Stella.
McLaren believe it’s not a case of catching Red Bull, but catching Max VerstappenMax Verstappen with Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris after qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix.
Introducing a big upgrade at the Austrian Grand Prix and another in Singapore, the Woking team may be fifth in the standings but in Japan they showed they’re second on the track. Only behind Verstappen, in fact.McLaren’s rookie star Oscar Piastri qualified second at the Suzuka circuit with Lando Norris P3 with race pace costing the Aussie in the grand prix as he fell behind his team-mate.
As such he’s urged caution as he reckons there isn’t another grand prix horribilis awaiting Red Bull such as Singapore, the one race the Milton Keynes squad hasn’t won this season. “So we’ll have to be realistic that we’ll need some situations to happen to be able to make the final step.”F1 2023 title permutations: When can Max Verstappen win the World Championship?
“We want to ensure that we are not shortcutting any step, and we don’t get to [a situation where we say] ‘we need to develop faster’. Then you start to skip some methodical steps that we have applied so far.
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