Stella slams Red Bull as they are 'good at creating the narrative to their advantage'

The Dutchman finished under a tenth of a second ahead of Lando Norris in P2 to pip the Brit to pole, while Verstappen was able to take his third pole position already this season.

It was a very special performance from Verstappen since he only arrived in Florida on Friday after becoming a father, with his girlfriend Kelly Piquet giving birth to a baby girl.

However, despite another pole for the 27-year-old, Red Bull Racing still believe that they are way off McLaren in terms of their pace, with this "underdog narrative" something Stella has quickly had his say on.

“Red Bull, they are very good at making fast cars, they are very exceptionally good, I would say, at driving fast cars, and they are extremely good also in creating the narrative to their advantage,” the Italian came out and said.

“They exploit every possible opportunity to stay in the competition, and some of these opportunities sometimes are to create the narrative like: 'Oh, we are making miracles here, the others should win every single practice session and qualifying and race'", the McLaren team boss continued.

After speaking on Red Bull, he then shifted focus back to his own team very quickly, looking to see what could be done to get back to the front of the grid.

“So, for me, when I look at the facts. I also look at what Lando and Oscar deliver and deliver quite consistently, so yeah, well done to Red Bull even in terms of the way they manage their non-technical opportunities,” Stella concluded.