McLaren has admitted that it has failed to meet its performance goals with its new F1 car. But how big are the problems at Woking?
Confirmation of the team's situation came on Friday lunchtime when CEO Zak Brown offered some more details in the regular lunchtime press conference. He explained that it was simply down to missing key development targets.
"The reality is that most of these objectives have actually been met. But the objective in terms of aerodynamic efficiency of the car, that's the one where we are still shy of what was our target."Poor aerodynamic efficiency essentially means an F1 car produces too much drag at a set downforce level.
In a bid to minimise the deficit down a straight, where a lot of time can bleed away, teams have to reduce wing angles to compensate. While other teams have clearly made good steps forward with their 2023 cars - especially potential rivals like Aston Martin and"We didn't take a step backwards. We just didn't develop fast enough," confessed Stella.
The potential for some early Q1 exits does not sound great, but there is a silver lining to the dark cloud that McLaren finds itself under.
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