McLaren Begin War of Words Amid Recent Ferrari Row

The last race in Monza ended on a fairly anticlimactic note.

With the safety car in the lead, Max Verstappen finished first, followed by Charles Leclerc and Mercedes’ George Russell completing the podium places.

McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo was making good time before he faced some engine issues. This was the reason for which the safety car was prompted.

Despite the win, Red Bull was dead set against the way the race ended as it went against the “rules” that were agreed on between the FIA and F1 teams.

Ferrari Boss, Mattia Binotto, publicly discussed his unhappiness with the way things ended on race day. He didn’t shy away from stating that the sport deserved better than FIA. He said, “The FIA changed a lot in that area but I think they still need more experience and they need to do a better job because F1 deserves a better job.”

Post the race day, the FIA released a statement. They clarify that they were trying to revive Ricciardo‘s car and going forward, they were unable to put it in neutral and push it on the escape route.

Amid all this, McLaren’s team principal Andreas Seidl disagreed with Ferrari. He said, “The FIA clarified with their statement, their position that from my point of view, I couldn’t have identified anything in that regard.”

“In the end, it was unfortunate that it simply took a lot longer than expected to get our car off the track and that caused the problem which, in the end, for us, was very unfortunate.”

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During the Italian Grand Prix, McLaren believed things were looking up. But in the end, it was all in vain.

McLaren felt that had the fourth fastest car at Monza

McLaren hasn’t been doing very well. Although, this weekend rather seemed like a turning point before it all went down because of engine troubles.

McLaren has been struggling with car problems. They even struggled with having to make their car lighter by removing the paint off of it.

Moreover, Daniel Ricciardo is also moving on from McLaren, as his driving style never seemed compatible with the team car.

After the race, Seidl exclaimed, “Mixed feelings today in Monza. The positive side is that the pace we had this weekend and throughout the race was very encouraging, particularly given warm weather and a low-downforce configuration haven’t favored us in the past.”

“On the other hand, a retirement for Daniel is disappointing, costing us valuable points in the Constructors’ Championship after he had a very strong weekend, both yesterday in qualifying and also today in the race. P7 for Lando, however, confirms us as the fourth-fastest team this weekend.”

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Seidl would hope that his team makes up for the gap with Alpine in Singapore.

With all the teams preparing for Marina Bay Street Circuit, who are you rooting for?