{"id":415005,"date":"2025-09-11T05:26:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T05:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/415005\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T05:26:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T05:26:15","slug":"have-mclaren-made-a-rod-for-their-own-back-with-their-driver-swap-in-2025-italian-grand-prix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/415005\/","title":{"rendered":"Have McLaren made a rod for their own back with their driver swap in 2025 Italian Grand Prix?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">McLaren made the headlines in Monza with their decision to swap their drivers late in the race after Lando Norris\u2019 slow pit stop, so let\u2019s take a closer look at how this played out \u2013 and what the ramifications might be moving forwards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">The set-up of the swap is important to discuss here. <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" data-f1rd-a7s-click=\"rich_text_atom_click\" data-f1rd-a7s-context=\"eyJhY3Rpb25UeXBlIjoiTWNMYXJlbl9saW5rX2NsaWNrZWQiLCJjbGlja1RleHQiOnRydWUsInBhdGgiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5mb3JtdWxhMS5jb20vZW4vbGF0ZXN0L3RhZ3MvbWNsYXJlbi41TUxxb29lR0RtT3FRcVFzbXVZeUdRIiwicGF0aFR5cGUiOiJpbnRlcm5hbCJ9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/latest\/tags\/mclaren.5MLqooeGDmOqQqQsmuYyGQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McLaren<\/a> were going about orchestrating their pit stops with planned sequencing, which they decided would favour the leading driver \u2013 in this case <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" data-f1rd-a7s-click=\"rich_text_atom_click\" data-f1rd-a7s-context=\"eyJhY3Rpb25UeXBlIjoiTm9ycmlzX2xpbmtfY2xpY2tlZCIsImNsaWNrVGV4dCI6dHJ1ZSwicGF0aCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmZvcm11bGExLmNvbS9lbi9sYXRlc3QvdGFncy9sYW5kby1ub3JyaXMuNnk5bHdZSDNLODZZc2dvTUdnNGlFSSIsInBhdGhUeXBlIjoiaW50ZXJuYWwifQ==\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/latest\/tags\/lando-norris.6y9lwYH3K86YsgoMGg4iEI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Norris<\/a>. The reason for this was because of the way they ran their strategy on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\"><a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" data-f1rd-a7s-click=\"rich_text_atom_click\" data-f1rd-a7s-context=\"eyJhY3Rpb25UeXBlIjoiVGhlIEl0YWxpYW4gR3JhbmQgUHJpeF9saW5rX2NsaWNrZWQiLCJjbGlja1RleHQiOnRydWUsInBhdGgiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5mb3JtdWxhMS5jb20vZW4vbGF0ZXN0L3RhZ3MvaXRhbHkuNXFXc2VTQlFKMmlXV1FvVXM4T2tHYyIsInBhdGhUeXBlIjoiaW50ZXJuYWwifQ==\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/latest\/tags\/italy.5qWseSBQJ2iWWQoUs8OkGc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Italian Grand Prix<\/a> was a rare occasion this year when they didn\u2019t have the race pace of Max Verstappen. In the hope of winning the race, McLaren tried to extend their first stint as long as possible, hoping for an intervention from a Safety Car or a red flag, which would have given them a surprise shot of victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"McLaren made the headlines in Monza with their decision to swap their drivers late in the race after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415006,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4103],"tags":[4199,707,4200,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-415005","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-f1","8":"tag-f1","9":"tag-formula-1","10":"tag-formula1","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115184008255194320","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}