Both McLaren Formula 1 team and its power unit supplier, Honda confirmed they would be bringing significant updates to the Spanish Grand Prix this weekend.
“Barcelona is a really challenging circuit because it has a bit of everything: two long straights, a high-speed section and some low-speed corners to end the lap,” said Tim Goss, technical director. “The slow corners are important, but there are two corners that stand out from a technical point of view: Turns Three and Nine. They are both high-speed and critical to lap time”.
“During the three-week break between Bahrain and Spain, we’ve been working very productively on every front to bring improvements to the car,” explained Eric Boullier, racing director. “We know that one fix or upgrade won’t provide a significant upturn in performance, so we’re united in our continued efforts to bring further gains to both chassis and power unit, in terms of both reliability and outright performance, step by step”. "The short break before the Spanish GP has been good for Honda, to calmly reflect on what has happened in the first four races, to analyse what we have done well or not so well, and to make preparations ahead of the European races,” said Yasuhisa Arai, chief officer of motorsport, Honda R&D Co Ltd. “We hope that Spain will see another incremental step forward for Honda, in which we’ve prepared updates on the power unit to help with driveability and reliability. And like us, McLaren has had a productive two weeks and will be bringing more updates to test at the track and we’ll see how the car will run together as one”.
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