McLaren target to come up with some significant updates in 2012 German Grand Prix – Formula 1 news
McLaren team principal, Martin Whitmarsh says that they have planned to come up with some significant updates in 2012 German Grand Prix which is to be held at Hockenheimring on July 22.
The Woking based team has been completely outclassed by Ferrari, Red Bull and Lotus in the last two grands prix as their pair of drivers, Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button struggled with the setup of MP4-27 and could not score competitive points.
Nevertheless, they are not feeling upset over the poor outcomes in the preceding two races and are confidently looking forward to perform well in the approaching race.
Whitmarsh said that they are going to introduce new sidepods in their car and there are plenty of upgrades which will eventually provide a boost in the race ahead.
“The sidepods from the front to the rear are quite different, so you'll notice those,” Whitmarsh told a Vodafone McLaren Mercedes phone-in. “There are other bits and pieces that the sharper eyes will see, and clearly there are some parts that are transparent
to the naked eye. That's the main area of modifications and it's reasonably noticeable.”
At present, McLaren are standing at fourth place in the constructors’ championship with 142 points. Furthermore, they are just 2 points behind Lotus and are 44 points ahead of Mercedes.
Meanwhile, Hamilton is at 4th position in the drivers’ rankings with 92 points. Additionally, he is ahead of Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus and behind Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing.
On the other hand, Button is at 8th place in the drivers’ championship with 50 points. Besides, he is ahead of Sergio Perez of Sauber and behind Romain Grosjean of Lotus.
Even though, they both faced immense difficulties in the previous two races, however, they are expecting to come up stronger in the race ahead. Furthermore, they are making the best of the efforts to support their team to increase the car’s downforce in
the upcoming races in order to fight for this year’s championship.
Over and above, it will be very interesting to see that weather they will be able to strike back in the races ahead or not.
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