Bojan Vrbnjak
McLaren dominates the title race this season "The Bes tof the Rest“. The British sovereignly hold fourth place in the team table. The team from Woking, which had major problems last year, has almost twice as many points on its account as Toro Rosso, which is in fifth place. According to the boss Andreas Seidl, is McLaren improved in many areas, making their current place also a fair pay.
Carlos Sainz in Lando Norris they have scored 82 points so far. Although they are Toro Rosso in Racing Point achieved better individual results, is McLaren based on its constancy then in the middle of the field invincible. Both racers McLaren has managed to score double points for the team four times already, this has only been achieved twice by other teams. For colleagues from Motorsport-Total.com said Andreas Seidl: “Fourth place is great and it didn't work out just because of the race car, which is able to place me in fourth and seventh place. There are other areas in which we are competitive, such as starts, boxing stops, strategy and of course the racer."
These various factors are considered Seidl the reason why it is McLaren scored so many points this season. While his team consistently ranks among the point winners, other teams have trouble continuously collecting points. Seidl he says that other teams are struggling with bigger fluctuations in form and as a result they fail to score points on a regular basis.
Andrea Stella"McLarnov"Team Performance Director", But sees a total of six teams that are at a similar level: McLaren, Renault, Toro Rosso, Haas, Alfa Romeo in Racing Point. "This is not just about the overall score or results in the races, but about the potential of the teams.“According to the Italian, these six teams are separated by only two tenths of a second, which makes it especially close in the middle of the field this season. “In this case, you immediately understand why many other factors are decisive to score points. However, I have an important concept here: We need to remain humble, because we have not actually achieved anything yet."
Team boss Seidl now focuses on the short-term and long-term goal. Of course the team wants it keep the fourth place of this year’s championship, but it is, according to German team development is much more important in the future. “We have written our vision of how we want to work in the future and for me it is important to take a further step forward with the race car of the next season. Of course I want to win fourth place, but for me it is more important to focus on the right conclusions and take the next step forward."
