Lando Norris left both Mercedes drivers behind in the second race at the Red Bull Ring and narrowly missed pole position on Max Verstappen.
Norris lost to Bottas in the pit stop phase in Austria, but overtook Lewis Hamilton on the track after suffering damage to the rear of his car from a curb at Turn 10.
While McLaren enjoyed its strongest weekend of the season, Seidl emphasized that it shouldn’t get carried away.
“There is no point in seeing things that are not there,” said Seidl. “You have to be realistic and if you see last weekend’s race, for example, and we’re on the same track a weekend later, then we didn’t have a chance to compete against these four cars. There was a huge gap.
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“So we knew we would have a better car compared to last weekend, but we couldn’t expect to really fight them that way. At the same time, we don’t know what problems they had: especially Mercedes. “
Seidl says McLaren’s performance in Austria won’t change the picture for the remainder of the season.
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“We know exactly where we stand as a team, we know what the deficit is. We also know what deficits the team has in terms of infrastructure and so on, ”continues Seidl. “So it’s no surprise that we are where we are. We are traveling. We have a clear plan on how we want to reduce this deficit and it takes a few years, but the good thing is that we are taking steps.
“We are ambitious, but there is no magic and I just always think it’s good to have a sense of realism and not get carried away by results like Austria, which are great and give the team good energy. But it doesn’t change anything in the picture, in the realistic picture that we have in relation to our location. “
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