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McLaren, a defeat and first cracks at Suzuka

Despite a double podium finish that increased its lead in the Constructors' standings, McLaren hesitated in managing its internal battle, letting a possible victory slip away. Norris and Piastri took the full brunt of the Verstappen tsunami.

Published 08/04/2025 à 18:00

Cyprien Juilhard

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McLaren, a defeat and first cracks at Suzuka

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If there is one discipline where not all competitors start an event on an equal footing, it is the Formula 1, where the genius of the engineers is revealed in single-seaters that are all different, yet sometimes close by tenths of a second over a lap. Over longer periods, however, the gaps widen irremediably and, despite all his talent, even the best driver in the world could not win a Grand Prix at the wheel of the Sauber, for example. Although. There is one man who is not quite made of the same wood as the others. Max Verstappen demonstrated once again at Suzuka that he is a driver whose exploits the history books will praise when he has white hair. The Dutchman had a breathtaking Japanese weekend (see pages

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Yves-Henri RANDIER

09/04/2025 at 12:20 a.m.

McLaren has - too much! - procrastinated in managing its internal duel, letting a possible victory slip away. Why not have separated the strategy with two single-seaters more or less within DRS range of the RB2?

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