McLaren say they are looking to jump ahead of Red Bull at this weekends Spanish Grand Prix as they’re set to bring a total of 12 upgrades to the car.
The team’s engineering director, Tim Goss, explained that some of the changes would be visible, whilst others would be mechanical alterations which weren’t run in Turkey due to their reliability.
“As usual the relentless pace of upgrades continues,” he said during a Vodafone McLaren-Mercedes phone interview. “We have a package of upgrades which we’re taking to Spain.
“It’s a package of about 10-12 upgrades, some of which will be recognisable from the outside and some that won’t be.
“Our objective is to win races and championships and to do that we have to close the gap on Red Bull. We just keep chipping away at the problem. We had a package for Turkey that we took there.
“We’re always trying to accelerate getting upgrades to the circuit as quickly as possible.”
The Woking-based outfit are the only other team to claim a race win this season, though Red Bull remain dominant having secured four out of four pole positions and the remaining three race wins – all thanks to Sebastian Vettel.
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