Andrea Stella says he hopes McLaren’s F1🙈 rivals continue to focusꦬ on the wrong things by creating “sagas” regarding the performance of his team.

A dominant start to the 2025 season from the reigning world champions has raised suspicion among rivals that McLaren could be using untoward tactics to boo🐬st their competitiveness.

Specifically, accusations have been levelled at McLaren suggesting they have been illega🍌lly using water to c🍌ool their tyres and help keep them in an ideal operating window during races. McLaren have also faced claims about flexi-wings.

Mc🐼Laren have won five of the opening six races and claimed a dominant 1-2 last time out in Miami to extend their advantage in both world championships.

Following the Miami Grand Prix,168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Oscar Piastri’s race-winning car was subject to FIA checks which found his MCL39 to be168澳洲5最新开奖结果: in conformance with the re✃gulations relating to liquid cooling of brakes.

“For us, it’s goo🧸d news when our rivals get their focus, rather than on themselves, onto some of the aspects that allegedly are pr🎃esent in our car,” McLaren team principal Stella said on Friday ahead of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

“Cerꦉtainly, even if they were [presen🧔t] like flexi-wings, like the front wing deflection that everyone has, it has nothing to do why the reason McLaren is very competitive.

“I hope that in the future there will be more of thes𓃲e kind of sagas because it means that our rivals keep focusing on the wrong things and this is for us good news and helping our quest.”

McLaren tight-lipped about advantage

Asked if there is no ‘magic-bullet’ answer for McLaren’s tyre management superiority which has been the focus of rival claims, Stella respo♋nded: “I would like to give the wrong answer here so that I put꧃ all our rivals down the wrong route.

“The only thing I can say is that for me, in all my years in Formula 1, I’v🎃e learnt that you have to focus on yourself and the fundamentals.

“I🗹 think 🍸when you get too distracted by what the others are doing, that’s normally an alarm bell that should ring in your factory and should remind you to go back to basics.

“I’m afraid I’ve given the right answer so I’ve helped now my competitors. I’m intel🌠lectually honest, so I can’t really give🐭 the wrong answer tactically.”

Piastri headed a McLaren 1-2 ahead of teammate168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Lando Norris in opening practice at Imola on Friday.