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McLaren credit P3 to fast-tracked upgrades

McLaren’s P3 in the 2020 constructors’ World Championship owed much to fast-tracking updates originally planned for the winter, says team principal Andreas Seidl. Although Racing Point scored eight more points across the 17 races that comprised the season, McLaren took the ‘bronze medal’ behind Mercedes and Red Bull due to the 15-point penalty the ‘pink panthers’ incurred over the ‘copying’ furore. Consistency was one of the keys for McLaren, with drivers Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris both contributing strongly to the cause and recording a podium finish apiece. But on the technical side, a decision to bring forward aerodynamic developments also played a significant part in...
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