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McLaren paid ‘heavy price’ for 2025 success, admits Andrea Stella
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10/08/2026 at 10:3810/08/2026 at 11:40 40 SHARES Share on.. Share on.. Share on.. Andrea Stella has admitted that McLaren’s strategic choice to push the development of its 2025 car right up to the final checkered flag paid off in silverware, but it also left the Woking-based outfit on the back foot at the start of Formula 1’s new era. The admission offers a revealing explanation for why McLaren, having swept both championships last season, found itself playing catch-up when the radically revised 2026 regulations arrived. McLaren had spent much of 2025 looking like the benchmark of the grid. But as the title fight intensified and Max Verstappen and Red Bull...
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