On the again of McLaren’s fiftieth one-two end in Components One, workforce boss Andrea Stella has promised additional enhancements from the British outfit for the approaching races.
Though Lewis Hamilton dominated proceedings in Saturday’s dash race in China, the 56-lap grand prix ended with a one-two end for McLaren, with Oscar Piastri forward of Lando Norris, the Australian taking the third win of his profession.
For the Woking-based outift, it was win quantity 191, it’s third in a row and the fourth at this occasion, the primary in 14 years, since Lewis Hamilton received in 2011. Piastri and Norris secured McLaren’s fiftieth one-two end, the second for this driver pairing after they completed in the identical order in Budapest final 12 months.
Reflecting on McLaren dominant exhibiting at Shanghai, the Woking-based outfit’s workforce boss Andrea Stella praised his drivers for delivering a faultless drive in China.
“I’m very completely satisfied to come back away from the 2025 Chinese language Grand Prix with a 1-2, the fiftieth in McLaren’s historical past. Oscar has been very spectacular all through the weekend, securing a well-deserved Pole and victory at a circuit he discovered tough simply 12 months in the past.
“On Lando’s facet, he confirmed very robust tempo all through the race. We had been managing a problem in the direction of the top of the race which added some stress, however each Lando and the workforce managed the scenario effectively and had been in a position to deliver house the 1-2.
Stella continued: “General, there are a number of learnings for us to remove from this weekend. We might have appreciated to have scored extra factors within the Dash, however we should recognise how aggressive the sector is, and I am happy with how the workforce reacted as we transitioned into Qualifying and the Grand Prix, studying from the Dash and making enhancements which made at the moment’s outcome doable.
“My thanks as all the time go to the women and men at McLaren for his or her exhausting work and assist, to our colleagues at HPP and to the workforce’s dedicated companions, in addition to our drivers for his or her teamwork each on and off the observe. We now take a while to regroup again at Woking earlier than heading to Japan for the primary race of the triple-header,” concluded the Italian.
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