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 Formula 1 | Key explains McLaren F1 improvements at French GP

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The McLaren F1 brought the most visible development to its MCL36 at the French Grand Prix, with flanks inspired by those previously seen on the Alpine A522. Technical director James Key explains how the Woking team thought about this development, which directly follows the new material brought to Barcelona. "The new pieces are a logical progression from the last major development we brought to Barcelona," Key said. “The architecture may look very different, but it actually follows similar themes. So it is a development of what we have done.” "We received very good feedback on Friday. The data confirms that the car appears to be doing what we expected. Racing with both on Friday allowed Landau. [Norris]

 Really see the differences and report the differences he can feel.” "The conditions were quite similar from morning to afternoon. And he came back with some useful data on it, and then he rode all the way to get mileage and first impressions. So far so good." "Everyone knows what we want to do" Key explains how teams work to solve problems better and get more out of cars. Since the very different F1-75 and RB18 are very similar in performance, there doesn't seem to be any miracle recipe, as Britton explains.

 “We all know what we need to do with our cars. It's hard to do. We have a lot of data at our disposal. We can understand where the faults are and what the car is doing, as well as feedback from the driver. Strengthens.” “But obviously we attack the problems as our main goal. And we can see and feel what we have to do next. Two teams are dominant this year and we can see the results of Red Bull and Ferrari very different. If it results in a similar level of competitiveness.”