McLaren F1 car weakest in off-brake and off-throttle zones

Team boss Andrea Stella reckons despite the floor damage sustained by Lando Norris and a brake-by-wire failure for Oscar Piastri, a Miami result of 17th and 19th is a “reality check”.

The ‘supertimes’ metric, which compares the fastest lap set by each team during a full race weekend, listed McLaren as the slowest of the 10 entries in Florida with a 1.82% score.

This poor showing has been blamed on the low-grip resurfaced asphalt, while a fifth-placed result in the…