McLaren explains the factors behind why Lando Norris was left on hard tyres at the end of the BritishGP Full F1 story ⬇️
felt that the safer option was to switch Norris to hards rather than take unnecessary risks and go on to used softs.
But the timing of that safety car call, just as Norris came in to the pits with the hard tyres ready in position, came too late for McLaren to feel it was safe enough to switch to softs. “Under the virtual safety car, we were happy to go on hard tyres because it wouldn't have been a problem in terms of warm up,” he said.
Ultimately, the biggest risk was of Norris arriving at the pitbox before the soft tyres were ready – which could have opened the door for other drivers to overtake him.
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