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The team believed its tyre strategy during the United States Grand Prix was enough to challenge for the win.
According to McLaren Team Principal Andrea Stella, McLaren aimed for victory with Lando Norris in the United States Grand Prix. They had a two-stop strategy in mind and saved a set of Hard tyres for the race. However, Max Verstappen undercut Norris in the first stint, and although Norris held on to him, he couldn’t regain the position. Norris also got passed by Lewis Hamilton late in the race but was later awarded second place after Hamilton’s disqualification. Stella revealed that McLaren’s goal was to go as fast as possible and they wanted to challenge for the victory. However, they couldn’t defend against Verstappen’s attack and had to pit for a second set of Hards. McLaren expected to perform better on the Hard tyres but admitted they still have work to do in terms of pure lap time and degradation. Nonetheless, they were encouraged by their ability to consider going for the win by going as fast as possible.
Source: RacingNews 365
