McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown claimed he was “glad to have the weekend behind us” after the USA Grand Prix ended with a P2 and P5 for Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, respectively.Â
In keeping with the American, Piastri “by no means actually felt comfy” within the automotive this weekend and lacked confidence in it.
“Glad to have the weekend behind us, however a great outcome,” Brown advised Sky Sports activities Germany. “Lando, I feel, had the tempo of Max, however with [Ferrari’s] tyre technique, beginning on the tender, clearly acquired a great run into Flip 1, and it took some time to get previous Leclerc. He was sturdy.
“Oscar struggled a bit all weekend, this wasn’t an excellent weekend for him. Not a foul outcome.
“Congratulations to Max, he was quick as at all times, however right here we are available in Mexico. Yeah, Leclerc began on the tender, so he clearly had a great launch and a great first lap, and it simply took us too lengthy to get by him.”
When requested to make clear what Piastri was combating, Brown added: “He simply by no means actually felt comfy or he had the automotive beneath him that he wished, so just a bit bit off all weekend. It wasn’t his favorite observe final yr, so just a bit bit off, simply by no means felt he was actually comfy.”
Race winner Max Verstappen closed the hole to the championship chief Piastri to only 40 factors. Piastri’s team-mate Norris additionally closed the hole to him within the standings, with 14 factors now separating the 2 McLaren drivers.
Oscar Piastri, McLaren, George Russell, Mercedes
Picture by: Clive Rose / Method 1 by way of Getty Photographs
“Nice racing crew, I feel you noticed the turnaround we had in ’24 and the way aggressive we acquired fairly shortly,” Brown stated of Crimson Bull’s latest momentum.
“So I feel the game is unbelievably aggressive, it simply reveals that these groups by no means sit nonetheless, they’ve had some nice developments. Max is an superior driver and subsequent factor you understand they have numerous momentum, we have to break that momentum now.”
He added: “[We have to] simply maintain doing what we’re doing, I feel we had a really quick race automotive immediately, I feel we might have received immediately. Clearly we did not, so it is a good might have, ought to have, would have, however it is going to be very shut, the championship is much from over.”
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