Stella refuses to take sole credit for McLaren’s impressive F1 turnaround

The Woking-based team caused a stir at the British Grand Prix as a major upgrade package helped Lando Norris emerge as Max Verstappen’s main threat for the race victory, with the McLaren driver second and team-mate Oscar Piastri fourth.

That star performance came in the wake of a disappointing start to the 2023 campaign for McLaren, which confessed on the eve of the season that its launch-spec car was not as quick as it would have liked.

But a technical restructure at…