Epic. This is the favorite vocabulary after races like this Grand Prix of Austria, in English it sounds even a little more dramatic. Especially since the story about the current superiority of the McLaren racing cars not only knows one but two heroes. With an uncertain outcome, whoever has the stronger nerves in the long run: Spielberg-Sieger Lando Norris or World Cup leader Oscar Piatri? This pointed duality is likely to be over the rest of the Formula 1 season, it could save the anniversary year. A question of pressure and back pressure. The increasingly frustrated defending champion Max Verstappen, whose red Bull racing car was cleared in the third curve by the over-motivated Mercedes junior Andrea Kimi Antonelli, claims: “We are not fighting for the World Cup anyway.” Racing stall advisor Helmut Marko is still clearer: “The deficit is almost unobelient. If something extraordinary happens, we have to assume that the title is gone.” Team boss Christian Horner adds soberly: “It looks like two horses after a race. Just as Lando and Oscar fought against each other, it shows how much buffers they have to the others. It will be very difficult to close this gap until the end of the year.” Shortly before the season half -time, there is already 61 points behind Piatri, 46 points on Norris. This roughly corresponds to the gap between the two papaya -colored racing cars and the rest of the field was also in the race in Styria. It is a new dimension that McLaren has reached. Similar to the dominance of Red Bull or Mercedes, the revived traditional team could only put one leg for themselves if the rivalry of two pilots in the best car should be out of control. It was close to the Red Bull Ring when Piatri was almost in the exhaust of the norris in front of him before the first pit stop. Once the Australian was almost over, but the leader countered. After 20 rounds, the attacker only slipped past a carambolage after a braking maneuver that was too optimistic. After the rear-end collision by Norris in the previous race in Canada, this would have been evaluated as a revenge foul and would probably have led to a general uncertainty within the McLaren empire. The centimeter happiness.Andrea Stella needs a lot of tact only remained with the clash, there was no crash. A little later, the note on board radio came not to take the duel to the extreme again. Piatri, the more offensive of the two title candidates, knew himself about his mistake and showed himself to be insightful: “I certainly crossed a border. Even if nobody had told me anything, it would not have been smart to try again.” The attacker himself had apparently brought himself for all chances with the intensive duel, but broke up to his big internal opponent again until the final phase of his own persistence and superiority of the car. Not only has to keep an eye on the racing tactics, but also the fragile structure of controlled rivalry: McLaren team boss Andrea Stellaafpauch is good for the rest of the season: none of the two different top pilots can be too safe. McLaren team boss Andrea Stella, who had previously guaranteed his chauffeur free travel, must not only keep an eye on the current racing tactics at the command stand, but also the fragile structure of controlled rivalry. This takes a lot of tact. The Italian engineer, pupil of the such successful Schumacher era at Ferrari, is one of the most empathetic team bosses, but he also makes his position and his views uncompromisingly clear. After each Grand Prix there is a common analysis, the “Papaya Rules” is checked and adjusted. Often in three rounds, if it has to be, but also in one -on -one discussions. He judges about the Rad-an-Rad-Duelle in Styria: “I am proud of how Oscar and Lando dealt with this situation.” The calming aspect of the general competitive situation: “We don’t have to be 100 percent perfect and are still fast enough.” Thanks to his empathy, the 54-year-old has succeeded in bringing the Lando Norris, which was unsettled by Fauxpas, on a mental level on which he can measure himself with the younger, but routinely appeared. Even after his outstanding pole position in Spielberg, the sensitive Brit had announced that his old ego was back. An expectation that he confirmed again in his seventh career victory with the greatest possible pressure. “To be honest, I don’t have to prove anything to anyone. I like to prove things myself, probably more than everyone else,” said Norris. That he was withstanding and yet is harder when it seems, especially strengthened his position among the McLaren engineers. After the recent weaknesses, some in the team had already voted to concentrate on Piatri as the sole World Cup favorite. More on the THEAfür Stella as a fundamental guardian and decisive advocate of the team work would be much too early, he continues to rely on fertile. Lando Norris thanked him with an impressive resilience and Piatri with an increased fighting spirit. The households with the forces are of course not easier for Stella, but it is – especially in relation to the situation to the location of a quarter ago, as a McLaren was at the end of the table – in order to maintain a luxury situation. The momentum is far from being related to the technology in Formula 1, the best machine is of little use without a person in the best form. In this case there are even two. Epic.
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