Formula One champion McLaren will start the season next week "playing a bit defensively" with Ferrari and Mercedes expected to be setting the pace, team boss Andrea Stella said on Thursday.
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McLaren boss Andrea Stella says defending champion will start season on defense
McLaren is defending both titles this year after Britain's Lando Norris ended the four-year reign of Red Bull's Max Verstappen.
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McLaren boss admits team made costly strategy blunder during Qatar GP
McLaren's decision not to pit under an early safety car intervention when every other team pitted both drivers wrecked its hopes.
The Japan TimesMcLaren boss Andrea Stella says the Formula One drivers' championship is still in his team's hands despite a dominant U.S. Grand Prix weekend for Red Bull's Max Verstappen.
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F1 drivers' championship still in McLaren's hands, says Stella
McLaren has already clinched the constructors' title for a second successive year and has Australian Oscar Piastri leading the drivers' standings.
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McLaren team boss Andrea Stella addresses controversy over team orders
The reigning Formula One champion and runaway leader asked Oscar Piastri to hand back second place to teammate Lando Norris after the Briton suffered a slow pitstop.
The Japan TimesMcLaren team principal Andrea Stella praised Lando Norris’ character after the Briton bounced back from a collision and race retirement in Canada to lead a McLaren 1-2 at the Austrian Grand Prix.
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McLaren boss praises Lando Norris' character after Austrian GP triumph
Norris’ win cut the gap between him and Piastri at the top of the drivers' standings to 15 points.
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Andrea Stella spiega le ragioni dietro la strategia conservativa della McLaren
Verstappen ha vinto a Suzuka, seguito dalle McLaren di Norris e Piastri. Con una strategia prudente, il team britannico ha puntato al doppio podio, evitando rischi. In molti hanno criticato la mancanza di coraggio del team inglese...
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