McLaren outperforms the competition: Wolff speaks of dominance!

McLaren outperforms the competition: Wolff speaks of dominance!

At the Grand Prix of Spain, Max Verstappen was the main topic of conversation, but the discussion about the dominant performance of McLaren became the central focus of the racing weekend. Verstappen caused a scandal with a rambock escalation, while the FIA ​​tightened the load tests for front wings to brake McLaren. Red Bull hoped that these new tests would make McLaren vulnerable, but the team dominated the entire weekend in Spain. They won both in all training sessions and in the race, which made the wing debate run into the contrary and underlined McLaren's superiority.

TOTO WOLFF, the team boss of Mercedes, expressed that the season could be decided with it and emphasized that not a single part, but the overall package of McLaren, which makes it superior. In the design classification, McLaren has almost 200 points ahead of Ferrari. Oscar Piatri and Lando Norris are the main competitors around the driver's title, while Mercedes aims to recapture second place in Ferrari's design classification.

McLaren's rise to the new benchmark

WOLFF already described McLaren as the "new benchmark" in Formula 1. The team celebrated an impressive one-two placement at the Hungary's Grand Prix, which marked their second round of winnings this season. In the last seven races, McLaren has made 64 points on Red Bull and is now only 51 points behind the leader. The possibility of winning the first designer title since 1998 is becoming more and more likely.

In the driver's ranking, Lando Norris is 76 points behind Max Verstappen. While McLaren was able to collect 214 points in the last seven races, Mercedes recorded 177 points and Red Bull 150 points. Toto Wolff emphasized that Mercedes continued to follow his destination to close the third place in the design classification behind Ferrari, and continue to pursue improvements in the upcoming Belgian Grand Prix round before the summer break.

statistics and success of McLaren

McLaren has achieved impressive statistics. To date, the team has reached 979 Grand Prix starts, 9 world championship titles, 170 pole positions and 196 victories. McLaren collected a total of 7,625.5 points and achieved 177 fastest racing laps. Her first race took place on May 22, 1966 at the Monaco Grand Prix, and the first victory followed on June 9, 1968 at the Grand Prix of Belgium, a license plate of its outstanding development over the years.

with Nicolas Rosberg, a former driver colleague who also addresses the need to review the driving strategy at Red Bull, the pressure on the team is greater in order to remain competitive. The race in Belgium will be crucial for Mercedes, while McLaren as a dominant force is increasingly in focus of Formula 1.

Overall, it can be seen that the wing debate and the new challenges in Formula 1 could not reduce the dominance of McLaren. As [derwesten.de] , McLaren could be on the best way to one of the most successful years of her history. Toto Wolff underlines their performance as a historical turning point in the competitive landscape of F1, as well as [skysports.com] with reference to the statistics of [formel1.de] .