1997 F1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve described McLaren’s la𒊎ck of disappointment after the Jap𝐆anese Grand prix as “strange” despite losing out on the race win.

While McLaren extended their lead in the F1 constructors’ championship, they were beaten to the victory by Red Bull’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri were able to stick with Verstappen, but given the lack of overtaking opportunities at Suzuka, couldn’t truly challenge hi⛎m.

It did seem that McLaren had a performance advanta﷽ge over Re🉐d Bull - but couldn’t capitalise on it.

Villeneuve was surprised by McLaren’s reaction to missing out🐼 on the win in Japan, when they should have taken a 1-2 finish.

“That’s not what we were seeing on TV. If the undercut worked, then Piastri would have overtaken Norris because he pitted a lap earlier, but that wasn’t the case,” Villeneuve said when assessing McLaren’s sꦜtrategy choices.

“So there was some damage control, there🦋. They didn’t seem to be overly disappointed which is strange. They should have been first and second but were beaten, not because they were slow, but because a team and a driver were better.

“That should 𒊎hurt.🔜 They should think ‘we did something wrong this weekend, we should have had a better shot’.

“If you pit on the same lap, of course you want to [overtake] unless there is a big issue in the pit stop. At worst, you 🅷pit behind. Or behind your teammate then exchange positions. But at least you get a chance."

McLaren always too “conservative” with strategy

McLaren threw꧟ away a number of wins last year du♋e to poor strategy choices.

Former W Series driver Naomi Schiff feels that McLaren were potenti🍨ally too conservative again in Japan, rather than “taking gambles or ꦺrisk”.

“Some of the excuse was turbulent air. But Oscar would have been in the turbulent air,” she said. “Then he was saying that Lando was ꧑saving tyres.

“It feels like they always want to run on theಞ conservative side, rather than taking gambles or risk.

“It feels like th🧔ey want to get safe points on the board, and that they are thinking about th🐲e long game.”

McLaren are 36 points ahead of Mercedes in the F1 con💜structors' standings.