TEAM TACTICS
Weather permitting
Without an appropriate rear wing, Lando Norris nosedived at the Belgian Grand Prix. But as Mark Hughes explains, precipitation proved an unlikely ally and disaster was averted
Lando Norris was an easy target along the straights in the early stage of the Belgian Grand Prix
Because it has been devoting its resources to the MCL60’s extensive recent upgrades, McLaren did not really have a suitable rear wing for Spa. The track places bigger demands on aero efficiency than probably any other on the calendar and McLaren’s standard low-downforce wing was simply nowhere near efficient enough, would have lost it way too much lap time through sector 2 than it could hope to make up in sectors 1 and 3.