Martin Whitmarsh says no team has emerged as dominant in Barcelona test – Formula 1 news
McLaren team principal, Martin Whitmarsh says that it is quite encouraging for McLaren that no team has emerged as a dominant one during the Formula 1 pre-season testing until now.
Whitmarsh asserted that the team had the worst testing session during the last year but it took the results positively and performed quite well in the last season.
Moreover, he said that if the car could have hit the fastest lap time during the test, it would have been pleasing for the team but hopefully none of the other teams including the top contenders are dominant which was to a certain extent hopeful and encouraging
sign for the team.
“If you contrast that from this time last year when we had - probably in my 23 years in the team - the worst winter testing we've ever had, we've got to happy with that. Ultimately you're happy if your car is quickest and that remains to be seen. It looks
tight; sadly we're not the dominant team, that's the bad news for me. But the good news is I don't think anyone else looks dominant either. Red Bull look strong, Ferrari and Mercedes look pretty reasonable, so that's encouraging,” said Whitmarsh.
Whitmarsh said that the team has not been able to top the timesheets during all the sessions of second test at Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona because the aim was not to be ‘super quick’ but to gather the required information about the car to improve its
performance and to make considerable preparations for the upcoming 2012 Formula 1 season starting in Melbourne.
However, Whitmarsh said that it was extremely pleasing for the team that the car had covered more than 100 laps during all the four days of the second test.
“We've been banging out 100-120 laps a day and it’s been very reliable,” said Whitmarsh.
Whitmarsh expressed that the top teams could have easily gone faster during the test.
Moreover, he said that the teams like Force India, Williams and Sauber, all enjoyed fastest lap times during the week but little of their headline times could be interpreted to the reality.
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