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McLaren admit wrong strategy call with Norris

McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl admits that McLaren got it wrong with Lando Norris' strategy after he finished his first home race in P11. The 19-year-old had been running P7 in the early stages, but when the Safety Car was deployed just a few laps after Norris had pitted to swap softs for mediums, McLaren made the call not to take a free stop under SC conditions. Instead they pitted Norris from P8 in the closing stages, fitting the hard tyres in hope of their driver working his way back through the field, but P11 would be the extent of his recovery. Seidl defended the data which showed McLaren that this strategy was their best option, but admitted that things didn't go to plan. 'For...
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