{"id":706639,"date":"2026-05-31T22:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T22:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/706639\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T22:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T22:48:09","slug":"mclaren-staring-down-the-barrel-of-alarming-f1-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/706639\/","title":{"rendered":"McLaren staring down the barrel of alarming F1 issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

F1 pundit Will Buxton has suggested a wider issue is at play within the McLaren<\/a> garage after their strategy blunder at the Canadian Grand Prix. <\/p>\n

\nAt the race start in Montreal, McLaren gambled with both Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris’ cars and started them on intermediate tyres<\/a>, despite the circuit drying and no further rain forecast. <\/p>\n

\nPiastri warned the team to put them on slicks, but both McLarens ran the first few laps on the intermediates before pitting and tumbling down the order. In the end Piastri finished P11 after a collision with Alex Albon, and Norris retired due to a gearbox failure. <\/p>\n

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\nSpeaking after the race, Piastri said on the decision: “It was a group call. I was one of the people that said yes to the inters. <\/p>\n

\n“Between the anthem and getting in the car, it had gotten significantly wetter on the ground, and given how difficult getting to the grid was, I thought that the inters, if you could get temperature into them, would be faster. <\/p>\n

\n\u201cThat was our whole thinking and then the rain stopped. So yeah, it was a bit of a shame. We thought we were doing the safer thing, and the right thing, and it wasn’t.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Buxton: McLaren decision baffling<\/p>\n

\nThe recent McLaren blunder was a topic of discussion on the Up to Speed<\/a> podcast, where Buxton implied the papaya squad could be facing a major issue if they don’t show signs of improved strategy anytime soon. <\/p>\n

\n“Starting the original formation lap on the inters, I have no issue with. Not reacting, and this is the inherent problem with McLaren and their strategy,” said Buxton. <\/p>\n

\n“I’ve said it before, they either don’t react when they should or they panic and they do something they don’t need to do. <\/p>\n

\n\u201cIn this case it was a total lack of action when they needed to make that action. And I do not understand how this keeps on happening at McLaren. <\/p>\n

\n\u201cLike it’s almost every single race weekend now where it is staring you in the face and inaction or indecision is still a decision like you decide not to do anything and it’s just baffling.” <\/p>\n

\nCo-host Naomi Schiff later added that she felt McLaren\u2019s Canadian GP strategy slip-up signified a lack of confidence. <\/p>\n

\n\u201cIt looked like they were looking for an advantage because they didn’t feel they could necessarily win this race conventionally, so, they were trying to pull a blinder with this decision,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

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