Austria🇦🇹 debrief McLaren & Mercedes edition 🏎️

Lando (2nd in the standings) :

Sprint qualifying: 2
Sprint race: 3 (6 points)

Qualifying: 2nd
Grand Prix: DNF
Positions: -18

Oscar (6th in the standings):

Sprint qualifying: 3
Sprint race: 2 (7 points)

Qualifying: 7th
Grand Prix: 2nd (18 points)
Positions: +5

Mclaren were incredibly strong during the sprint race with both drivers having a go at max and also battling each other. They didn’t have the pace to take the win from max but it’s promising to see that they could both take the fight to him.

Well the Grand Prix was chaotic. Lando and Max fighting from the start but then a very careless moves from Max caused both drivers to collide and Lando retired from the race. If I am honest the way those two were going at it they were bound to collide. Oscar did well to capitalise on an opportunity to get another podium and managed to finish in second place.

Lewis (8th in the standings):

Sprint qualifying: 6
Sprint race: 6 (3 points)

Qualifying : 5th
Grand Prix: 4th (12 points)
Positions: +1

George (7th in the standings) :

Sprint qualifying: 4
Sprint race: 4 (5 points)

Qualifying: 3rd
Grand Prix: 1st (25 points)
Positions: +2

Mercedes struggled during the sprint race with George losing 4th at the start but getting it back a while later. Lewis remained 6th the entire race. Both cars clearly struggled for pace given the big gap between them and Max.

Mercedes first win was achieved by George this weekend as he capitalised on Lando and Max colliding. The team did will to give him a good car this weekend. Lewis had a tougher race from getting a 5 sec penalty and the team telling him to give back a position even though race control didn’t issue anything. He still managed to finish in 4th despite carrying damage from earlier in the week which hindered his pace.

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