“It’s not all the time going to be that straightforward within the subsequent few races nevertheless it’s very promising and it is usually promising that Oscar [Piastri] discovered a approach to beat the 2 Mercedes immediately, obtained again on the rostrum, many factors for the championship and undoubtedly the drivers’ championship remains to be on, the mission is on,” Stella stated within the aftermath of Singapore, whereas the fireworks have been nonetheless lighting up the night time sky.
“Hopefully we’ll have a number of extra [wins] within the subsequent six races. Yeah, totally deserved by Lando. In equity he’s been very fast all through the weekend. I feel yesterday, he was very aware in his Q3 lap, we thought that by pushing 100% we might have gone even sooner, so simply every little thing got here collectively this weekend.”
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Norris was fast from the phrase go in Singapore, greater than placing to mattress his poor luck in qualifying in Baku that yielded a disappointing beginning slot.
However with Verstappen ending second regardless of Crimson Bull struggling at occasions within the weekend, it’s clear that McLaren do have a troublesome activity on their palms to outscore the Dutchman by sufficient factors to win the drivers’ in addition to the constructors’.