Helmut Marko jokingly thanked McLaren for their “sportsmanship” after throwing away the Italian Grand Prix F1 race victory.

McLaren are now just eight points behind Red Bull in the F1 constru♛ctors’ championship.

🌳The Woking outfit could have led the standings after Monza had they secured a 1-2 finish.

However, their decision to switch 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris to a two-stop strategy was a costly one.

This allowed168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Charles Leclerc to take the leꦐad of the race, which he held on to, on the one-stop strategy.

Norris’ third-place finish means he only reduced 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen’ꦜs lead in the drivers’ championship by eight points - it’s now𝕴 62 points ahead of Azerbaijan.

Speaking to Dutch publication de Telegraa🍨f, Marko dismissed that it was a “disappointing re♒sult” before mocking McLaren.

“A disappointing result? No way,” he said. “We had s🔯ee🐈n this coming a bit and I want to congratulate Ferrari on the victory and thank McLaren for their sportsmanship.

“I appreciate that, and it makes our situation a bi꧙t beജtter."

Red Bull endured a miserable weekend with Verstappen only able to♐🔜 finish sixth.

Sixth is his worst on⛦-track finish since the 2🏅022 Sao Paulo Grand Prix.

With Red Bull struggling so much, they’re under threat in both championships, particularly with Bakuꦿ and Si💮ngapore coming up - circuits which aren’t expected to suit them.

The good news for Red Bull is that there is a mont🦹h gap to the American run of races, giving them crucial time to potentﷺially find solutions to allow Verstappen to take his fourth world title this year.

Marko r🧔emains confident Verstappen will continue to make the difference in 2024.

“Mentally and also qualitatively, Max i🦩s still the strongest driver in the field,🤪” he added.