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McLaren's Qatar GP strategy call shocked rival F1 teams

Several Formula 1 team principals were "very surprised" to see McLaren make the costly decision not to pit under a lap seven safety car at the Qatar Grand Prix, which cost Oscar Piastri a certain victory and Lando Norris a podium.

Piastri and Norris were running first and third in the superior McLaren, split at the start by Max Verstappen, when the safety car came out on lap seven for a collision between Nico Hulkenberg and Pierre Gasly.

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