Formula 1 | McLaren, third podium of the season thanks to the usual Lando Norris

Andrea Stella: "Right decision to leave him out with the arrival of the Virtual Safety Car"

Formula 1 | McLaren, third podium of the season thanks to the usual Lando Norris

Third podium of the season for McLaren, that Singapore celebrates an amazing second place Land Norris. The Briton, also helped by his former teammate sainz, he managed to defend himself from the return of the attackers Mercedes di Russell e Hamilton thanks to the activation of DRS strongly desired by the pilot of the Ferrari, who actually used the MCL60 of the Briton as a shield to win his second Grand Prix of career. The Woking team has made a further step forward on a technical level, and is also significantly ahead in the constructors' standings.Alpine thanks also to the excellent result of Plates, seventh with a car that has not yet been updated.

“We are celebrating an excellent team result – said Andrea Stella, McLaren team principal after the Singapore race. Our goal with Oscar was to get him into the points, he did an excellent job recovering from seventeenth to the seventh final position. The decision to leave Lando out with the arrival of the Virtual Safety Car paid off with second place and the subsequent podium. It all worked out great, but it could have ended differently and the ending was very tense. We made some excellent pit stops, the strategy was good and the whole team worked great this weekend in difficult conditions, but I want to take this opportunity to thank all the guys at the factory for making this result possible thanks to the update brought to Lando's car. Now we're headed to Suzuka, where we want to repeat ourselves and have another good race."

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