Stella says McLaren made wrong call on Sepang tyre strategy
Andrea Stella said McLaren made an incorrect judgement in the conditions at the start of the Bahrain Grand Prix at Sepang. The miscalculation on water levels dropped Lando Norris from sixth on the grid into a recovery race, with Oscar Piastri also affected.
McLaren Team Principal Andrea Stella said the team got its Sepang tyre strategy wrong in the difficult conditions at the start of the Bahrain Grand Prix. He described the call as an incorrect judgement and said it stemmed from a single miscalculation.
According to the reports, the team misread the amount of water on the circuit. Lando Norris had qualified sixth, but within a lap he was fighting from the back after the wrong call.
The mistake turned the race into damage limitation for McLaren and also affected Oscar Piastri. Stella said the team had taken a wrong step in trying to manage the conditions.
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