McLaren play down possible “headache” if Oscar Piastri wins before Lando Norris in F1 2024
McLaren boss Andrea Stella ha🥀s played down the possible “headache” the team would have if Oscar Piastri claimed his maiden F1 victory before Lando Norris.
Both McLaren drivers have still yet to win in F1 (at least an actual grand prix).
Norris famously went close at the𒀰 2021 Russian Grand Prix - and would have won the race had he stopped for intermediates at the right time.
On the other hand, Piastri has only had one season in F1, but he did win the sprint race in Qatar ahead of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen.
With McLaren’s upward trajectory expected to continue into 2024, it’s likely Norris and Piastri will have a𒀰n opportunity to win in F1.
Stella believes if Piastr🐎i was to win before Norris, it wouldn’t cause any problems for the team.
“About Oscar getting his first victory, and you talked about a headacheꦐ, my reaction was ‘A headache?💦' Wow! I look forward to it,” he said.
“It will be an incredible r෴esult considering what we saw last year with Red Bull when there wasn't really much space left for anybody else.
“So if we have a victory from Oꦐscar, that will be an incredible emotion, and an incredible emotion for Lando as well because it would mean 💝we have a car that can win races. And if I project myself for a second into Lando's head, I think I would recognise how fair a competitor he (Piastri) is. He is a very fair person.
“And he would ask hi𝓀𓂃mself, ‘What do I need to do better to do the same as Oscar has been able to do?'”
Stella has called on his drivers to take ins👍piration from Verstappen, stressing t🍬he importance of “how much you improve every day”.
“It'🦋s ultimately about processing opportunities,” Stella added. “This game is not only about how good you are today, but how much you improve ever💫y day.
“If we look at the champions in F1, certainly, Verstappen is not the🅘 same driver as he was last year or in 2021, and certainly not the driver he was when he started.
“It's all about continuous improvement, and this is definitely the way I see Lando proces𒐪sing th🌃at situation.
“But that's also the way Oscar would process it if we see how grounde✱d is. He would have his own way of reacting to the victory, and he would think, ‘How can I consolidate🐻 this?'
“For me, the message to the drivers has always been ‘What 🌺can you do to improve every day?'”
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