McLaren team boss Andrea Stella on Oscar Piastri’s minor problems with race pace and team motivation…
Andrea Stella: “When it comes to race pace, it’s not a matter of learning once and then putting it into practice. It is a long-term experience that consists of many different situations.
Oscar learns quickly, in Suzuka he rode better at the end of the race than in the second segment. Finding a good race pace is the result of systematic work.
I advise him to base it on the speed he shows in qualifying, then it will be much easier to work on the race pace. Finding an advantage during a fast lap in Suzuka is very difficult, it is a manifestation of talent that can only be realized by working with engineers.
Fighting Aston Martin in the Constructors’ Championship? I’d hate to think that anyone at McLaren needs that carrot to work even harder. I trust our employees, I know they are all working at the highest possible pace. This is what I want and what I think is happening.
If you think we should finish fourth, everyone will say: “Andrea, we don’t need to announce this to the whole world, we’re going as fast as we can.” And I share this approach.”
Source: F1 News
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