Team McLaren even after the race in Monza located at fourth place design championship - with a comfortable advantage over the first follower. Despite a surprisingly successful return this season, the team is wanted, according to the boss Andreas Seidl focus on medium- to long-term development. As a result, they are expected to focus entirely on development soon race car 2020.
After it is McLaren still on Hungaroring scored 12 points, however, in v They connect in Monza experienced a drop because they won only one point in both races. Although the advantage over Renault decreased, be McLaren he doesn’t want to put under pressure because of that, but they will do anything to secure that fourth place by the end of the championship. “Of course, we want to fight to the end for this fourth place. At the same time, it’s more important to me to take the next step with next year’s race car. Looking to next year, I don’t want any compromises, with a sudden focus on the current season again. We have a plan in the drawer for this year and also for next year, ” so the team boss Andreas Seidl.
In words Seidlbecause McLaren this season in future races brought some improvements for a race car 2019, but this is more about smaller evolutions rather than large packages. Furthermore Seidl he also believes the race car will soon be in the spotlight season 2020. When will the team from Woking decided to take this step, it is not yet known.
McLaren he calculated at Monza at excellent speed Renault, which made them not surprised by the performance of the French. On the other hand, it did McLaren struggled with a lack of vacuum. “In Spa and here we saw that we have a problem with this. Of course, we are disappointed that we left Monza with only one point, while Renault won many more.“To defend against the rivals, all the racers had in the back of the car C-specification engine, which according to words Seidl performed well and boasts an improvement in both performance and reliability.
Lando Norris is in Monza won one point. Yes fourth place McLaren not self-evident, it was young The British clear even before the races in They connect in Monza. "We always knew how good the speed of the Renault racing car was, not least because we were able to see it based on the data we got. They are very strong. For this reason, we must not give up and lose an important point. We need to try to improve our race car, which we do. We also had some minor improvements at Monza, but the track used to please Renault. I hope we get a little closer again in Singapore."
