How McLaren 'wasted' a potential win at Silverstone

From a potential success - even double - at Silverstone, McLaren ended its home Grand Prix with a frustrating third place for Lando Norris. Failed strategy, bad timing and unnecessary sacrifice: how did the Papayas lose a race that seemed promised to them?

Published on 08/07/2024 à 10:36

Dorian Grangier

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How McLaren 'wasted' a potential win at Silverstone

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A podium with a bittersweet taste for Lando Norris et McLaren. If the British leave Silverstone with the third place trophy, it is above all with the price of immense disappointment and a big failure that they leave the English track. Because this victory in the British Grand Prix, the Papayas held it. The rain, supposed to be the best ally of the MCL38 tuned for changing conditions, ultimately played a bad trick on them. At home, they got confused: from a masterpiece, McLaren transformed it into a crust. How did they get there? Timeline of failure.

Lap 20: Norris and Piastri take the lead

Respectively starting from 3rd and 5th place,

Dorian Grangier

A young journalist nostalgic for the motorsport of yesteryear. Raised on the exploits of Sébastien Loeb and Fernando Alonso.

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Yves-Henri RANDIER

08/07/2024 at 11:26 a.m.

Why not do a “double stack” like Mercedes? Why did you wait one more turn than Hamilton? One thing is certain, Mercedes played it perfectly and won

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