McLaren will have a raft of new updates for the Canadian GP this weekend says team principal, Martin Whitmarsh.
Whilst all the teams are making steps forward, it seems McLaren are making the biggest jumps, having caught up with Red Bull in Turkey, whilst Ferrari and Mercedes have fallen back.
Whitmarsh is hoping a new front wing, rear wing elements and modified diffuser will enable the team to catch the Bull’s in qualifying, whilst he is confident the Woking based teams race pace is on par with the Red Bull.
“We’ve got a few more development items on the car for this weekend. This ought to be where we are quickest,” Whitmarsh said in a McLaren phone-in.
“It’s undoubtedly the case at the moment that the Red Bull is very strong in long, high-speed corners. Fortunately the next two Grands Prix don’t feature a lot of those. We hope that we’ll be strong there.
“We’ve got a new front wing again. We had a new front wing as part of the package in Istanbul, that didn’t work, we think we’ve understood that so we’ve modified it and hopefully it will now work,” he explained.
“We also have a new rear wing lower element and modifications to the diffuser. So we’ve got a reasonable aerodynamic package to take us forward.
“Red Bull still had an advantage on us in qualifying [in Turkey]. But I think it was clear in the race that we had a faster race pace which was very encouraging.”
