Within the round-up: McLaren workforce principal Andreas Seidl is happy by how a lot nearer his workforce was to Mercedes within the first race of the 2021 F1 season.
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Seidl inspired by Bahrain efficiency
Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo completed fourth and sixth respectively in Bahrain, the lead McLaren taking the flag 46 seconds after race-winner Lewis Hamilton. Seidl declared himself “very joyful” with the workforce’s first race since its swap to Mercedes energy.
“The laborious work everybody has put in over the winter was paying off,” he mentioned. “It was nice to see additionally by way of the hole, for instance, to Lewis, was solely I believe round 45 seconds in a race the place these guys had been correct flat-out. It’s an encouraging signal as a result of it confirms once more we made a great step ahead with the automotive and as a workforce, which is, as I all the time say, key to get again to the entrance in some years once more and battle for victories.”
Nevertheless Seidl acknowledged the workforce faces more durable competitors from a reinvigorated Ferrari and, doubtlessly, Honda-powered AlphaTauri.
“A number of our rivals made some good steps forwards as properly. So it was the anticipated shut battle with Ferrari. AlphaTauri are troublesome to guage after Pierre [Gasly] had the difficulty at the start.
“However I’m actually joyful how our workforce and drivers pulled it off. Clearly it’s the absolute best begin we might have needed to this new season. And thanks additionally to our colleagues from Mercedes, they labored so laborious over the winter along with us so as to make sure that we’re prepared for the primary race and now we’ve got the primary race along with this new partnership below below the belt and it simply feels good.”
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