Several Formula 1 team principals says they were "very surprised" to see McLaren make the costly decision not to pit under a lap 7 safety car at the Qatar Grand Prix, which cost Oscar Piastri a certain victory and Lando Norris a podium.
Piastri and Norris were running first and third in the superior McLaren, split at the start by Max Verstappen, when the safety car came out on lap 7 for a collision between Nico Hulkenberg and Pierre Gasly.
