At McLaren they believe they are not yet at the level of Red Bull but they are “optimistic”

McLaren won its first race of the season at F1’s Miami GP, the first victory for those from Woking since Daniel Ricciardo at Monza 2021, the first Lando Norris winning F1. This happened at a Grand Prix where McLaren showed great improvements with an ambitious package of evolutions to its car, but it also coincided with a track where Red Bull suffered a lot of balance problems and adjustment, something unusual for current champions. but, Andrea Stella, Team Principal of McLaren, considering that from Norris’ victory in Miami we should not make a hasty conclusion that McLaren is already at the level of Red Bull and that, on the contrary, his team still needs to continue to bring more asphalt updates to match the team’s performance Milton Keynes and Max Verstappen.

It is stated in official F1 podcast ‘F1 Nation’.

“We think we’re on a good trajectory, but at the same time, I think it’s not always a good weekend for Red Bull. If you listen to the drivers, they always complain that the car doesn’t behave as it used to and the conditions are quite extreme in terms of the temperature of the asphalt,” explained Stella.

“Obviously, things are a little different. You go out on a soft tire, you have to go faster, and you’re hardly faster than a medium tire, so “I think they are rare occurrences.”he added on a track that hurt Red Bull, not only because of the temperatures, but also because of the lack of tire wear.

“We are optimistic”

“We know that we have improved the car because we can see that the data correlates well on the track with the development tools, so we are encouraged and we are optimistic. the car, I would say that “We need two step of this size to be as competitive as Red Bull on a regular basis,” said Stella.

“We only delivered one [actualización]. “We look forward to the next one, which (if it works) makes me even more optimistic that we can seriously challenge Red Bull,” he concluded.