McLaren racing director Eric Boullier says the team needs to focus on putting together a smooth weekend at the Russian Grand Prix.
The opening three rounds have been hit by underperformance and unreliability for McLaren-Honda, with no points scored so far and a best finish of 13th for Stoffel Vandoorne in Australia.
Several MGU-H failures hit the team in Bahrain and the first day of the in-season test featured further Honda issues, although the second day was much more productive.
“The past few races for us have been more unpredictable than we had hoped or imagined,” Boullier admitted.
“We haven’t yet managed to put together a trouble-free weekend on either side of the garage, which is the first step in order to be able to work on performance.
“Honda are working hard to find solutions to the MGU-H issue we have been suffering with.
“On the McLaren side it’s important we make sure all of our operational processes and procedures are bulletproof all the way down the line, so that we can at least see the chequered flag with both cars.
“Following the test, we’re working hard on bringing more new parts to Sochi.
“We need to focus primarily on pulling together a smooth weekend in every session, which is the only way we’ll be able to see a representative performance from both drivers in the MCL32 on track.
“The Russian Grand Prix has so far shown itself to be a closely-fought race, and I hope we’ll have the opportunity to be in the mix.”
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