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McLaren Defends Intermediate Tyre Call That Hurt Canadian GP Result
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella has spoken publicly about the decision to start both cars on intermediate tyres at the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal. Light rain fell across Circuit Gilles Villeneuve throughout the morning of race day, but conditions improved significantly ahead of the scheduled 4pm local start time. The vast majority of the field opted to begin the race on slick tyres, leaving McLaren as an outlier with their intermediate gamble on both cars. Stella confirmed the team genuinely believed the intermediate compound was the correct strategic choice given the weather patterns they had observed throughout the day. The decision ultimately backfired, costing McLaren...
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