The newest misfortune to strike McLaren’s motorhome on the Hungarian Grand Prix received’t trigger any issues for his or her drivers this weekend, says Oscar Piastri.
The higher ground of the Staff Hub was broken when a storm hit the Hungaroring whereas groups have been organising their services forward of this weekend’s race.
The drivers have their very own personal services throughout the suite. With scorching circumstances forecast for this weekend’s race, Piastri stated an important factor is their downstairs rooms weren’t affected.
“We now have two smaller rooms,” he stated. “So the downstairs one – most significantly the one with the air con – is nice. So for this weekend, we’re candy.
“The upstairs one, I can’t use these. However I’ve one, so I’ll be wonderful.”
It’s the second time in 4 race weekends McLaren have suffered some misfortune with their hospitality suite. The staff needed to evacuate its services through the Spanish Grand Prix weekend when a fireplace broke out shortly earlier than the ultimate apply session on Saturday.
With elements of the Staff Hub out of motion, McLaren needed to rearrange the accessible rooms and borrow areas supplied by rival groups and the Circuit de Catalunya. Piastri stated they’ve performed the identical once more this weekend.
“It doesn’t change a lot,” he stated. “We’ve, sadly, acquired the expertise of getting to rearrange issues a bit bit. So we’ll be wonderful for the weekend.
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“I don’t know if this motorhome we’ve acquired is now a foul omen and simply, I don’t know if it’s an indication that we’d like a brand new one or what, however we’ll be wonderful.”
“The final time – our motorhome caught fireplace final time – I believe Lando put it on pole, so I don’t know, perhaps it’s good!” he joked.
Following the harm sustained in Spain, McLaren used a short lived substitute on the Austrian Grand Prix. It introduced the repaired Staff Hub again for the final spherical at Silverstone.
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