McLaren team principal Andrea Stella has strongly defended Lando Norris’ performance in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, insisting the Briton extracted everything possible from his car amid claims he had underperformed in Baku. Norris finished seventh in Baku, a result that raised eyebrows given his strong pace through practice. Despite these challenges, Stella praised Norris’ efforts, emphasizing that the car’s limitations, not the driver, capped McLaren’s result. He raced to the limit of the potential that was available in the car,” Stella said. For Norris, Baku was less a case of missed opportunity, and more an exercise in damage limitation.