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18.05.2022: PIRELLI GRAN PREMIO DE ESPANA
Circuit Barcelona Catalunya
20-22 May 2022
“It will be interesting to see how our car will perform with the upgrades we’ve made”
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PIRELLI GRAN PREMIO DE ESPANA
Circuit Barcelona Catalunya
20-22 May 2022
“It will be interesting to see how our car will perform with the upgrades we’ve made”
After the madness of Miami, we’re sure you needed a good kip before this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix, but while you were busy snoozing, we’ve been burning the midnight oil at the MTC, going over the data, crunching the numbers and getting stuck into the MCL36.
We’re deep into the self-titled Month of McLaren and onto our third order of Tapas following the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix and the IndyCar GMR Grand Prix. And despite ordering a starter – a supremely tasty Pato O’Ward race win at the Indy Grand Prix of Alabama – we’re far from full up.
ANDREAS SEIDL
“Whilst the race result in Miami wasn’t what we wanted it to be, the team are fully focused on the Barcelona weekend and the European double-header ahead of us.
Spain is a great all-rounder track, with a nice mixture of high and low speed corners, plus areas that are more technically difficult. We’ve had some solid results there over the last few years with good points scored, which we’re looking to continue this year.
“We are bringing some upgrades to the car for the weekend. I know it’s been an extremely busy week or so for many of the teams making changes ahead of Barcelona so it’s going to continue to be a tight fight for points.
We performed well at this track in pre-season testing so it will be interesting to see how our car will perform with the upgrades we’ve made since then. Hopefully we can have some good battles and get both cars back into the fight for good points.”
What the stats say
For the first time since the Bahrain Grand Prix (which was somehow two months ago – we know, can you believe it?), we’re arriving at a track where we’ve got some experience in the MCL36. And some good experience at that.
Lando was the pick of the field on Day 1 of pre-season testing in Spain, with Daniel going third fastest on Day 2, and while their results can most certainly be taken with a pinch of salt, you can’t blame us for reminiscing.
Ultimately, the performances at pre-season testing tell us very little – the laps were more than a second slower than our Qualifying times in Spain last season – but it does at least suggest that Spain may be a better fit for the qualities of the MCL36.
As a team, we’ve had plenty of Spanish success in the past with eight grand prix victories, and although not all of them were at this particular track, the four most recent wins were at the Circuit de Catalunya. 1998 – 2000 was a golden era for us in Spain, with Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard clinching three 1-2s in a row. Our most recent victory at the track came in 2005, when Kimi Räikkönen won from pole.
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