Lando Norris: "Tough day. We just struggled with pace. I had a good start, but we got hit from behind into turn one, which then put us at the back. We had tried a different strategy, which required something exciting to happen during the race, but it didn't work. We'll go back to MTC, reset and keep pushing hard for a better result in the next one."

Oscar Piastri: "I had a lot of issues on the car in the race. We had a failure six or seven laps in on the brake-by-wire system. I was managing a lot of issues after that. I had a really good lap one, where I managed to pass five cars and that was the highlight of the weekend. Otherwise, a frustrating afternoon, trying to drive around all of the issues. We'll now get our heads down and focus on having a better weekend in Imola."

Andrea Stella, Team Principal: "Given our grid positions, we needed a good start, an eventful race and high tyre degradation in order to climb into the points. Unfortunately, none of these conditions materialised and the race was a bit of a procession at the back for us. At the first corner, Lando was hit from behind after he had gained some positions, resulting in damage costing 2-3 tenths per lap, as well as relegating him to the back. Oscar had a race-long brake-by-wire problem and did an incredible job to cope with that through a minimising the consequences and keeping decent pace.

"Our main takeaway from Miami is that we were not quick enough this weekend. After scoring points in Baku, this weekend serves as a reality check on how much work we have ahead of us. The plan doesn't change: we have good developments coming, we keep our heads down, regroup and go again in Imola."

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1. Posted by Mad Matt, 08/05/2023 9:35

"I don't know what it was about this track which really didn't suit McLaren, my suspicion is suspension and straight line speed.

Lando getting shunted off the track at turn one and the subsequent damage didn't help him (and by the way, why wasn't Logan punished in the same way as Carlos in Australia?).

And as Kenji says, Oscar was stymied by reliability issues.

But even without that McLaren were just not quick this weekend... I can only hope they get on top of it for the next race."

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2. Posted by kenji, 08/05/2023 3:56

"What a disappointment McLaren really are. Piastri made a brilliant start despite being hit once again? To make up five places was extraordinary but it was all for nought with another reliability problem foisted upon him!!!. The fact that he made it to the end of the race was a test of his resilience and will stand him in good staid for the future...but not being able to challenge for a higher placing can wreak much damage to his motivation. Unless McLaren can work some magic soon they will be destined for further humiliation at this rate."

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