F1: Andrea Stella admits Red Bull's tyre longevity is in a different league

Lando Norris managed to finish second in both the sprint race and the grand prix in Brazil last weekend, after earning pole position in qualifying.

The young driver's results showcased the tremendous strides McLaren have been able to make through their recent upgrades, but Red Bull's ability to make tyres last longer remains a challenging mountain to climb for rival teams.

"I think the difference is mainly in terms of lap time on used tyres," said Stella.

"We have seen that in new tyres, we can fight for position.

"But as soon as the tyres degrade, then it would appear like Max, Red Bull, they can just have less degradation. The tyres were degrading maybe one-tenth every two laps.

"It's a significant amount of degradation and if you can limit that, after 10 laps in a stint, this is tenths of a second, so I think that's where they are superior at the moment."

"Where we think the difference is made, we can't do very much with this car," he added.

"The car has improved with the Singapore upgrade in terms of tyre management, but not enough to be able to compete, especially when degradation is high. And we saw some other cars degrading quite a lot, like Mercedes, Ferrari."

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