Stella concedes McLaren has switched focus to 2027 as Norris's title defence collapses in Baku

There's a tail of parts that will land trackside, so we will see still some new parts coming to the MCL40. But at the moment, as we speak, all the efforts are already concentrated onto next year's car, and what we see coming trackside is the result of parts being released a few weeks ago.

But at the same time, mainly we were not fast enough in the straights, and this continuously exposed our drivers to being attacked and having to spend their race pretty much watching the mirrors rather than thinking at how they can progress in the race.

I would say that for Lando, this was one of the most difficult events in general that he has experienced in 2026, something that we need to take away, looking at whatever can be improved.