McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh says McLaren will ‘throw everything they can’ at beating Red Bull, not only in the race, but qualifying too.
So far, Sebastian Vettel has qualified on pole for all three races this season and has taken all but one race win after Lewis Hamilton ended his stranglehold over the 2011 season.
McLaren are keen to continue their good form, but Whitmarsh admitted improvements were needed to ensure they can repeat Sunday’s result consistently.
“We need to improve our qualifying pace to be able to match Red Bull Racing,” he told Autosport. “I think race pace it is quite close, but I would like us to be ahead on both fronts.
“We have two really great drivers, a great team that has responded well to a very difficult start to the year, so I am very proud of them. But there is a long championship ahead.”
The 52-year-old revealed that the Woking-based outfit had ‘loads of things’ that they’re working on to improve the cars pace for the Turkish GP.
“We will throw everything we can at it,” he added. “We have loads of things that we are pushing on. But depending to what extent they deliver, to what extent they are compatible, and what bits we can get there. I won’t truly know what we have until the Friday morning in Turkey.”
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