McLaren, another leap in quality
“The McLaren updates were worth much more than they expected, which did not happen with us“. This is how Lewis Hamilton commented on the leap in quality made by McLaren during the Miami weekend. In Florida, once again, the papaya team changed skin, moving from the role of third force to that of contender for victories. Thanks to the updates designed in Woking, which positively revolutionized the MCL40, naturally sparking discussion throughout the paddock.
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McLaren team principal Andrea Stella, while appreciating Hamilton’s applause for the updates, wanted to clarify one aspect: the papaya team expected exactly this, relying on a top-class simulator-track correlation that allows them to always have effective updates.
Stella’s words
“I would like to say that these updates gave us more than we expected, but the answer is no. What we measure in the data is in line with what we expected from the development tools. So I would say we are in line with our expectations“, this is the comment from the Umbrian engineer in Miami.
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“On the contrary, the number of components we brought here is lower than Ferrari’s, and more will arrive in the next races“, he added. “But as for the results obtained with these components, they are basically in line with expectations“.
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