2024-08-26 05:41:16
McLaren wins the Formula 1 constructors’ world championship in 2024. After Zandvoort the difference between the papaya and the leader Red Bull was reduced to 30 points. It could be two, three, four … races to complete the upset, but it will happen. It seems impossible to think that the plot will take another script turn like the one in Miami and any other team will overcome its speed. In Holland, there was 20 seconds that separated Lando Norris from Max Verstappen. A battered woman.
The problem is that We compare Norris to Verstappen, not Piastri. They had everything in sight to complete the 1-2 they had already signed in Hungary. Your car is just the fastestand when the situation is so great, the dream of taking the first two boxes on the podium becomes even more obligation. They were badly affected, apparently due to clutch failure which affected both cars and caused Norris to retire from pole in the first corner and Piastri to pass a few meters later. The Australian appeared again on the podium, but he could not pass the giant Charles Leclerc. He lacked skill, which is normal for a talented driver but it is worth remembering that he is in his second year in the category.
The most experienced is his team, which has eight constructor’s best titles under its belt. They have not been crowned since 1998, but they say that the one that was kept. The champion attitude is something that usually does not go away, although there are cases like Ferrari also dismantle that theory, and Some gestures from last season suggest that MacLaren He has also lost his perfume over the years.
«Which position do you think we are fighting for?»
The last radio is, for many, grotesque. In the midst of Norris’ pursuit of Verstappen to retake the lead in the first laps, British radio opened and the following was heard: “What position do you think we are fighting for?”. It is a phrase that is repeated a lot but in the opposite direction. It is logical that the pilot, focused on driving at more than 300 km/h without losing control of the ship and, moreover, doing so as high as possible, asks the garage for its objective opinion on the story. On the contrary, not so much. Outsiders are supposed to make strategic decisions to facilitate the job of the driver, who is only looking ahead and always trying to climb one more position. Furthermore, with the fastest car on the track, in the DRS zone and the nearest pursuer about five seconds behind, The decision is clear: attack, which Norris sends without thinking about it.
McLaren lacks authority, as already demonstrated in Hungary. In the eyes of the world they were about to miss their chance to take most of the points shared, and good-hearted Norris avoided the ‘internal war’ headlines the next day. With a fresh Budapest memory Zak Brown continues to assert that his pilots have “clearance to fight”.. It’s fair, but it’s also risky if they don’t order in some cases.
Piastri lost most of his chances to get on the podium due to an undercut by Charles Leclerc, who was stuck in his gearbox for many laps without being able to overtake him and chose to go through the pits looking for an advantage strategic. but he got it, because the team decided that Oscar’s degradation was very good and they knew that at the end of the race there would be an advantage in terms of tire wear. But after the stop the Australian returned to the track behind George Russell (who had no problem cutting a few seconds off and finally overtook) and Leclerc. Therefore, Suspension also in stop management.
It might not be much but McLaren could have scored more points at Zandvoort but didn’t. They ruled the whole weekend with an iron fist, showing that they are the fastest (everyone on the grid knows it and have no problem putting it into words in interviews) and with the current performance difference that it is very difficult to defeat them. . The only way to take advantage of their mistakes (which are many). The feeling is that only the Netherlands have won the race, they have not yet learned to be solid champions.
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