Autosport | 24th May 2018
McLAREN'S FALSE DAWN
Back in February we said that McLaren had no more excuses, that this season was the time when it had to fight back following its troubled Honda era. After five 2018 grands prix, the team in orange is fifth in the Formula 1 constructors’ championship, an improvement over last year’s ninth, but the MCL33 has fallen short of expectations. Not only is McLaren a long way behind Red Bull, with the same engine, but it is currently behind the works Renault team too. And it’s often near the bottom of the speed traps, indicating that it has problems in the crucial aerodynamic department. As McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown tells Edd Straw in our cover piece, the realisation has now dawned that McLaren’s
problems go far deeper than an underpowered engine. Internal changes are happening in the hope things can be rectified.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Autosport 24th May 2018.