Whitmarsh: revitalised McLaren well placed for 2010
McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh has hailed his team’s recent renaissance, admitting that they headed down something of a developmental dead-end earlier in the season. McLaren scored just 14 points in the first nine races, before returning to the top step of the podium in Hungary.
“To stand there as team principal was a very, very proud moment for me personally because I’m proud to be a member of this team, proud of what everyone has done in this team and that’s been a fantastic effort to recover,” said Whitmarsh. “In any season it’s difficult to recover. To recover in a season with no track testing is an amazing effort by everyone.”
By their own admission, McLaren were shocked to find themselves about 2.5s off the pace at the start of the year. Convinced the MP4-24’s design was fundamentally sound, the team put huge efforts into resolving its lack of downforce, but were initially unable to achieve the rate of development needed to catch their rivals.
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“To stand there as team principal was a very, very proud moment for me personally because I’m proud to be a member of this team, proud of what everyone has done in this team and that’s been a fantastic effort to recover,” said Whitmarsh. “In any season it’s difficult to recover. To recover in a season with no track testing is an amazing effort by everyone.”
By their own admission, McLaren were shocked to find themselves about 2.5s off the pace at the start of the year. Convinced the MP4-24’s design was fundamentally sound, the team put huge efforts into resolving its lack of downforce, but were initially unable to achieve the rate of development needed to catch their rivals.
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