Helmut Marko jokingly thanked McLaren for their “sportsmanship” after throwing away the Italian Grand Prix F1 race victory.

McLaren are 🏅now just eight points behind Red Bull in the F1 cons𒆙tructors’ championship.

The Woking outfit co🐎uld have led the standings after🍌 Monza had they secured a 1-2 finish.

However, their decision to switch 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Oscar Piastri and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris to a two-stop strategy was a costly one.

This allowed168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Charles Leclerc to 𒐪take the lead of the race, which he held on to, on the one-stop stratꩲegy.

Norris’ third-place finish means he only reduced 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen’s lead in the drivers’ championship by e𓂃ight points - it’s now 62 point♏s ahead of Azerbaijan.

Speaking to Dutch publication de Telegraaf, Marko dismissed that it was a “disappointing result” before mocking McLar༺en.

“A disappointing result? No way,” he said. “We had seen this coming a bit and I want to congratulate&nb🔯sp;Ferrari on the victory and thank McLaren for their sportsmanship.

“I appreciate that, and it makes our situation a bit💝 better."

Red Bull endured a miserable weekend with Ve✃rstappen only able to fౠinish sixth.

Sixth is his worst on-track finish since the 2022 Sao Paulo Gr🐟and Prix.

With Red Bull sꦍtruggling so much, they’re u﷽nder threat in both championships, particularly with Baku and Singapore coming up - circuits which aren’t expected to suit them.

The good news for𓂃 Red Bull is that there is a month gap to the Ameri🦹can run of races, giving them crucial time to potentially find solutions to allow Verstappen to take his fourth world title this year.

M🐻arko remains confident Verstappen will🥀 continue to make the difference in 2024.

“Mentally and also qualitatively, Max is still the st💫rongest driver in the field,” he added.