The production infrastructure available to the McLaren team does not meet the requirements of modern Formula 1, and this is also confirmed by the results on the track, which leave much to be desired. Last year McLaren failed to hold onto 4th place in the Constructors’ Championship and Alpine F1 moved up there.
The team still uses the Toyota Motorsport wind tunnel in Cologne, which is also outdated, and the new McLaren wind tunnel is still under construction. That is why McLaren is not counting on great performances at the start of the season and Andrea Stella, who recently became team leader, does not hide that the new MCL60 car has not yet been brought to the desired level. But Woking hopes it can keep up with the pace of modernisation.
However, the team’s main expectations have to do with the fact that construction of a completely new modern simulator and a new wind tunnel is well underway at McLaren’s base, although all this equipment will not be operational until the end of the year. be taken. year.
“Soon we will have the most modern technologies at our disposal, they are already on their way,” quoted The Race as Zach Brown, CEO of McLaren Racing. “I think once this happens it will allow us to end the not so inefficient use of financial resources. Obviously when you rent a wind tunnel you pay more for it if you had it.
This is just a small example from economics, which shows that we can somehow reallocate our resources and spend them differently on the needs of the team. Therefore, I believe that new opportunities will arise for the team in the coming years. It seems to me that in 24 months we will have everything we need to fight for high positions.”
Source: F1 News
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