Andrea Stella insists Max Verstappen stance ‘not personal’ but doubles-down
McLaren's Andrea Stel𒅌la has doubled down on his take about Max V🏅erstappen's driving in his battle with Lando Norris.
McLaren F1 team principal Andrea Stella has doubled down on his views about 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen’s overly-aggressive driving against168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Lando Norris in the Austrian Grand Prix but insist🌺s his stance is not “personal”.
Verstappen and Norris came to blows while battling for the lead in the closing stages of last weekend’s race at the Red Bull Ring, ruining their respective shots at victory and opening the door for Mercedes’ 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell to claim an unlikely win.
After the contentious finish, Stella suggested that Verstappen’s approach to racing Norris was a consequence of the Dutchman not being more severely punished for several controversial flashpoints with seven-time world champion168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Lewis Hamilton during their epic 2021 title battle.
While Verstappen and Norris have moved to prevent the duel from escalating and impacting their friendship off-track, Stella remains convinced that the Red Bull🤪 driver was in the wrong.
“There are different t🀅hings to consider,” Stella told Sky Sports F1. “The first is that Lando needs to d🅰rive, he needs to move on. If he stays with the head from one week ago, he won’t do a good job at Silverstone.
“The car is competitive and we want to capitalise so Lando is looking forward, and we support ꦚhis point of view.
“The second consideration is that; at no poi💮🌄nt is this a personal matter. There is no attempt to polarise the views.
“But, for me, there is data, videos, facts, analysis, GPS data which we spent a lot o𒉰f time trying to confirm our initial opinions. I have to say that our initial opinions were confi𒁏rmed.”
Asked if Verstappen turned in on Norris under braking, Stella said: "Yes, definitely. If th🃏ese manoeuvres were addressed immediately with a warning, there would have been no escalation. This is clear to the stewards.
"Now is the timꦬe to move on, learn as much as possible, put Formula 1 in a better position in terms of enforcing the regulations.”
Stella said McLaren have not reached out to Red Bull fol💫lowing the incident and have instead sought clarifica♕tion from F1’s governing body the FIA.
“Our counterparts in this conversation is actually the FIA,” St♏ella said. “There is nothing personal, we have respect for Red Bull and Max, and what they have achieve🧔d.
“We💎 sought clarification and were satisfied with the answers from the stewards and the FIA.”
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