McLaren F1 boss Andrea Stella feels that 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris lost out to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc on pure performance rather than strategy.

Desp꧒ite out-qualifying and leading Leclerc in the early phase of the race, Norris was ultimately beaten by the Ferrari driver to second-place.

After t෴he race on Sunday, Norris thought that McLar🏅en lost out to Ferrari on strategy at Albert Park.

He said: "I think when you take the Red Bull out of it, I would s🔯ay [it was not a surprise]. I think our pace has been good all weekend.

"We put things together ꧟very nicely yesterday and showed a good long run pace on Friday. So I wouldn't have said we had no 🌳chance. I didn't expect for us to be competing against the Ferraris today and I think our pace was not as good as Carlos's, but probably better than Charles'.

"Being honest, we maybe missed out a little bit on an✨ opp🌜ortunity to be P2 today. For us to say that, it's a good sign and I think it's a good positive for the whole team, a good boost."

Stella explained McLaren were “aggressive” with their strategy choices on Sunday, highlighting their decision to stop 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri at the same time as Leclerc.

"It's possible. It's possible. That was very, very e♕arly in the race, a race with a high degree of uncertainty as to the behaviour of the hard tyres.

"And in fact, we saw that ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚthere were certainly some big cars that didn't look quick at all because they were not working well with the tyres - one is the Red Bull of [Sergio] Perez [who finished fifth].

"So, I think we actually went for this aggressive strat🎐egy, trying to pass Leclerc with Oscar. But Leclerc decided that it was a good idea as well. And they went at the same time - potentially, because of listening to our radio.

"This also meant that Leclerc and Oscar would have g𒁏one below two 🦩cars fighting each other. So, with Lando in a strong position, we thought that was an unnecessary risk."

Strategy aside, Stella thinks Ferrari simply had the🌄 quicker car in Australia, but remains hopeful of being even more competitive next time out at Suzuka.

"Leclerc finished ahead of Lando because they have a faster car at the mom🐎ent," he added.

"The positive news is that this faster car is not fas🐽ter by much at all. We were very close, which I think is encouraging for Japan in which some of the characteristics that make Australia good for us take another step further in having a higher rati🦩o of medium-high-speed [corners] compared to low-speed."