Stella causes a stir with statement on Verstappen's chances

Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris are currently battling it out to decide who will become champion: ''Lando may have a bit more experience in terms of number of races. He started the season in Australia with a strong result, but ultimately Oscar was there with Lando. Oscar lost points in Australia just because we had the sudden rain in the final part of the circuit.''

Stella praised his both drivers and discussed the qualities of Piastri, who joined the team later than Norris: ''One of Oscar's qualities is to learn very fast, very rapidly. He has demonstrated it in his career, winning pretty much first year in all the junior categories.''

Stella also added: ''This season, what we have to acknowledge as a team is that we have made some modifications to the launch version of the car that actually affected Lando's driving style.''

Finally, Stella refuses to write Verstappen off: ''Like we said in some of the previous questions, I wouldn't exclude Max, for instance, being in the game. So, we are very wary. We remain concentrated, but we want to put our drivers in a position to sustain their quest until the end of the season.''