What a struggle, McLaren
The 1000th GP in McLaren’s history continues to be quite complicated for the papaya team. In Monaco, both Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri struggled even in the FP3 session, with the Australian recording the sixth fastest time and the reigning world champion even finishing the last free practice session in P9, more than 1.2 seconds behind Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s time.
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Furthermore, on Norris’s MCL40, the team led by Andrea Stella replaced the MGU-K after the problems experienced yesterday by car #1 in FP2. However, fortunately for Norris, he will not incur a grid penalty because to replace the damaged unit, one was chosen that was already part of the pool of three that can be used during the season.
New document: Doc 46 – New PU elements for this Competition
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Changes also for Albon and Perez
Component changes, again without penalty, also on Alex Albon’s Williams: the Thai driver’s mechanics replaced the battery and the control unit.
Finally, a component change also affected a Ferrari-powered team, Cadillac: according to the official document released by the FIA, the American team replaced an auxiliary component of the powertrain on Sergio Perez’s car. In this case too, no penalty was incurred.
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