Sao Paulo disappointment “does not change something”, insists McLaren boss Andrea Stella as Woking outfit targets workforce title.
Which might be simply in addition to Max Verstappen, following his bravura efficiency at Interlagos, can put the title out of Lando Norris’ attain in Las Vegas.
Extreme wheelspin at first adopted by a few errors and the unlucky timing of a purple flag all left the Briton 62 level adrift of his rival.
Nonetheless, McLaren stays 37 factors forward of Ferrari within the all-important – so far as prize cash is anxious – workforce standings and 48 away from Pink Bull.
“By way of the Constructors’ Championship, I do not suppose it modifications something,” stated Stella in response to Sunday’s end result, which noticed Norris come house sixth and teammate Oscar Piastri eighth.
“It was all the time our precedence,” he added. “Even when there was a name to be made to help one driver or the opposite, it was all the time secondary to maximising the constructors’ championship.”
Requested if the strain of the (drivers’) title battle had bought to Norris – who ungraciously advised that his rival’s win had been right down to luck – Stella stated: “On the subject of the drivers’ championship, I do not suppose for Lando there was any explicit strain.
“We have been having fun with this quest, although typically from the surface it might come throughout like there may be an error right here or there perhaps,” he added. “It’s like after we locked the tyres with the automotive like we had in Brazil I’m not trying on the driver, I’m why the automotive retains locking the entrance tyres in situations like this. I do not suppose strain was a big issue in any respect.
“Mathematically we’re nonetheless within the (drivers’) championship,” he continued, “however I feel for Lando and for Oscar, we’ll go to the following races attempting to win the races.
“The final two venues must be fairly good,” he stated. “Vegas can be probably extra of a Ferrari monitor, after which we’ll see. It’s all to play for, and the Constructors’ Championship stays and has all the time been our precedence.”
All of which begs the query why was Piastri compelled at hand over his lead within the Dash to his teammate, and – if the constructors’ title is the precedence – will there be a repeat ought to the Australian discover himself main the Briton once more.
