The underlying upgrade that boosted McLaren's performance jump
F1 · story · 2026-08-31
McLaren’s win in Zandvoort, its second in a row after Budapest, highlighted a key point: the updates introduced on either side of the summer break did more than restore the aerodynamic load the car had been missing. They also enabled the team to take a decisive step forward. At the Barcelona Grand Prix, for instance, McLaren’s strengths had already begun to emerge, and the same was true at ...…