McLaren F1 boss Stella has revealed more details about the issues Norris and Piastri had during a disastrous BahrainGP for the team.
Topflight debutant Piastri became the first driver of the new season to retire after attempts to rectify an electrical issue aboard his MCL60 by fitting a new steering wheel failed.
Stella has revealed that the attempted reset by replacing the steering wheel had not worked because the fault was located further down the steering column. Norris reckoned he was hobbled as soon as Turn 1, when his car developed a pressure leak with the engine pneumatics. That forced him to pit every 10 laps so mechanics could refill the system by connecting an airline to the left-hand sidepod.
"I made up a few positions. Then we just had problems from Turn 1 onwards basically. A pneumatic problem and various other issues, which just brought us out the race more and more. We had to keep pitting every 10 laps and that was it."
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