25/06/2025 06:30
McLaren boss Andrea Stella has downplayed Oscar Piastri's decision
to adopt an old front suspension design as Lando Norris took the
new one in the Canadian GP. A new front suspension upgrade was
delivered in Montreal for McLaren, but Piastri elected to race with
the old design, with Norris using the new one, which the team hopes
can increase the feeling for the drivers through the steering
wheel, something Norris has complained of lacking at times in 2025.
With the two McLarens now 22 points apart in the drivers'
standings, and with it increasingly likely that a McLaren will win
the drivers' title, team principal Stella has downplayed Piastri's
decision. "It is possible that the two drivers will adopt a
different specification of front suspension, but we are talking
about minor changes from a suspension geometry point of view,"
Stella told media, including RacingNews365. "It is certainly
nothing that is dramatically impactful from a performance point of
view, and it just affects the way in which the drivers perceive
what is happening with the tyre through the front suspension and
the steering wheel. "So it really has to do with some preferential
aspects of how the drivers drive the car, rather than an increase
of grip on the car, so in itself, it is a small difference with the
different specifications between the two drivers. "There are some
other things from a suspension point of view which are actually
slightly different between Lando and Oscar, but they are a part of
minor parameters, and it is certainly nothing political. "In
itself, it is just preference and not a difference in car
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