The smallest details count for an awful lot in F1, and for McLaren, the quest for more performance to recover from a poor start to 2023 is becoming 'a game of millimetres'.
McLaren’s bid to fight back in Formula 1 this year hangs on it bringing a decent raft of upgrades to its MCL60.The team was open, ever since it first revealed its 2023 challenger, that the launch specification was not where it wanted to be, and that a new development path was needed.introduced a revised floor that, if you looked closely, had some very alternative treatments around the edges.
"With this generation of cars, a lot of what's contributing to the performance is what you don't see, it's under the car," he explained. "You have to get the basic concepts right, which is something we haven't done for the start to the season, but it's also starting to become a game of millimetres here and there.
Whereas in the past, teams may have put a lot of effort on big-ticket items, like new front and rear wings, or bargeboards, to deliver a guaranteed downforce boost, now teams have to spend more time understanding the detailed implications of every tiny change.
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