Stella on pitting Piastri first to cover Hamilton undercut

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella said the team had to pit Oscar Piastri first at the Hungarian Grand Prix to protect against Lewis Hamilton’s undercut. Stella said: "If you look at the race trace, you will see that when Hamilton pits, he is in condition to undercut the two McLarens, so we needed to respond. Because if that was the right way to take the cars to victory, we needed to have a McLaren in a position of leading that way ahead of Hamilton. So, it was either Oscar or Lando. Oscar was in the lead, and we thought that he was the right car to stop for that."

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