McLaren has explained how low-grip conditions in Miami and Azerbaijan have exposed weaknesses in its F1 car Full story ⬇️
The 'supertimes' metric, which compares the fastest lap set by each team during a full race weekend, listedThis poor showing has been blamed on the low-grip resurfaced asphalt, while a fifth-placed result in the supertimes from the previous round in Baku might be attributed to only losing out in the low-grip castle section.
"We think this trend is related to the fact that the lower the grip, the more you have to spend time off brakes, off throttle. This is a situation in which our car doesn't work very well. "If we look at Baku, for instance, with the new tarmac this year, the grip was high and in all the sections where you can brake hard, short corners like Turns 1 and 2, we were competitive. Very short time off throttle, off brakes.
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