Andrea Stella announced that the only race McLaren regretted this season was the Austrian GP, which Max Verstappen and Lando Norris touched in the closing lap.At the Austrian Grand Prix, Max Verstappen and Lando Norris came into contact while competing in the 64th round. After the contact, both pilots’ tires were blowing, while Norris withdrew from the race due to the damage he received to his vehicle. Verstappen received a 10-second penalty.
While the McLaren driver left the Red Bull Ring with no points, Verstappen finished the race in fifth place.
After 10 races, McLaren team boss Andrea Stella chose the moment in the Austrian GP as the only ‘regret’ about their struggle with Verstappen this season.”We want to keep doing what we’re doing, I think we’ve learned some lessons from the race in Austria,” Stella told the press in Sao Paulo.
“We really regret the points we missed because we had an accident with Verstappen in Austria and were out of the race.”
“Other than that, we have no regrets. We still believe the decisions at Austin aren’t right, but we respect the referees.”
“We tried to obtain an examination right to correct this situation in Austin, but this did not happen. We continue on our way.”
“We compete fairly, truthfully and sportsmanly. After all, there is a third party in such close struggles, and that is the referees. We trust them. I think this worked very well in Mexico and we had a good race,” he said.
