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Secret of McLaren ‘trick' may now have emerged

May 12 A Formula 1 expert thinks he might have discovered the secret of McLaren's field-leading advantage in tyre performance in 2025. 'On their worst days, they're still the best,' said Mercedes' George Russell, when asked about how quickly the McLarens get the tyres up to temperature and then suffer minimal degradation through a long stint. 'It all points to nine teams doing something wrong,' he added. It is Red Bull, however, that is leading the dissent over McLaren's tyre dominance, suggesting behind the scenes that the team might even be injecting water into the Pirellis. McLaren CEO Zak Brown poked fun at the theory with his ‘Tyre Water'-marked water bottle in Miami, and even...
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