McLaren boss Andrea Stella says the crew’s confidence of their title bid has grown following Lando Norris’ dominant win on the Mexico Metropolis Grand Prix.
Norris stormed to a cushty F1 victory in Mexico, profitable by over 30 seconds.
It means Norris now leads the championship standings for the primary time for the reason that Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
Sunday additionally marked McLaren’s first win since Zandvoort in August.
With McLaren’s dominant displaying, Stella is adamant they will now beat Max Verstappen to the title.
“The arrogance when it comes to the championship has elevated,” Stella stated.
“It’s elevated as a result of we’ve confirmed that we’ve a automotive that may win races and in some situations can dominate races. That is a very powerful issue to place Lando and Oscar in situation to pursue the drivers’ championship. I don’t suppose it’s about arithmetic.
“I believe it’s about competitiveness. And it was essential to verify this competitiveness. And I believe even in the case of Oscar, even when he misplaced some factors to Verstappen, I believe Oscar has obtained numerous studying from this weekend.
“And that’s type of an funding that you just make to just be sure you are aggressive in each situation within the ultimate a part of the season. So total, we undoubtedly, crew and drivers, we come out of this weekend inspired and optimistic for the ultimate a part of the season.”
Norris “very convincing”
The 2025 Mexico Metropolis GP was arguably essentially the most full efficiency of Norris’ profession so far.
He clinched pole by practically 0.3s earlier than controlling the race from the entrance.
Norris celebrates a vital victory
In contrast to in Texas, Norris nailed the beginning and stored the lead into Flip 1.
“I believe after we have a look at Lando’s latest years, we’ve seen a weekend with this degree of dominance additionally in another venues. Like final yr, I believe we noticed it in Zandvoort,” Stella added.
“We noticed it in Singapore. So, it’s not the primary time, I believe, that Lando displays performances at this degree. He was very convincing.
“I believe he was simply primarily quickest in each single session. He was in a position to capitalise on the efficiency and the energy of the automotive.
“In a method, these particular low-grip situations, they match completely his pure method of extracting lap time, which is nearly like reverse to Oscar’s traits.
“I believe it can simply strengthen Lando’s confidence and it is going to be essential for the ultimate 4 races. However I believe each Lando and Oscar go into the ultimate 4 races with causes to be assured.
“And I believe the crew additionally goes into the ultimate 4 races with extra understanding of the way to extract efficiency from the automotive persistently. As a result of over the previous few races earlier than Mexico, at instances we’ve left some efficiency within the storage.”
