The FIA appears to have issued two Technical Directives prior to the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix. It cannot be ruled out that this is why Red Bull Racing was so strong, while McLaren had significantly less performance than in recent months.

McLaren were caught off guard by the pace of Max Verstappen's Red Bull at Imola. McLaren have admitted Red Bull’s pace advantage at the F1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix took the team by surprise.

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They were very quick, Max was very quick today, and not only did we struggle on pace but I think we also struggled with the degradation of things too.”

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Lando Norris admitted second and third behind Max Verstappen’s Red Bull was the best that McLaren could achieve at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix on Sunday.