Stella: We know that complacency is unacceptable.

Stella: We know that complacency is unacceptable.

      The McLaren team was considered the favorite of the championship, and in Australia these predictions are beginning to come true. She made a perfect start to the new season, with Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri taking the entire front row after qualifying at the Melbourne circuit.

      As Andrea Stella, the head of the British team, emphasized, they understood that complacency was unacceptable, although McLaren won the Constructors' Cup last year, and we must continue to work with the same tenacity.

      "We are almost surprised that our car has demonstrated its strengths on a track that we did not consider the most suitable for us," he commented on Sky Sports. – I would like to thank the entire McLaren team for being able to improve the efficiency of the car, which was already quite competitive and allowed us to win the Constructors' Cup last year.

      We understood that we could not afford to indulge in complacent moods, because the level of rivalry in Formula 1 is now higher than ever.

      In fact, qualifying reflects the balance of power at the moment, but I'm not ready to consider today's Ferrari results to match the level of this team. I think they are much closer to us than can be judged by the level of her lag. Qualifying also showed that Red Bull is not too far away from us, and Max Verstappen drove his laps quite confidently. The same can be said about George Russell.

      We must not underestimate the speed of our car, but we must also note the excellent work of Oscar and Lando, although he had to work harder after his first attempt in the final session."

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Stella: We know that complacency is unacceptable.

The McLaren team was considered the favorite of the championship, and in Australia these predictions are beginning to come true...