After Haas, which booked the Montmelò circuit this morning to carry out the filming day with a VF-22 decidedly different from the renderings made available to the press and the public at the beginning of the month, this afternoon it was McLaren’s turn to take to the track.
Even the Woking team decided to take advantage of the 100km dedicated to promotional shooting today to verify that everything was working properly on the brand new MCL36.
It was Lando Norris who brought James Key’s ground-effect car to its debut. In a video released on the team’s social profiles, the English driver is seen coming out of the garage followed like a shadow by an SUV with a dedicated camera.
Daniel Ricciardo, McLaren MCL36
Photo by: McLaren
For McLaren, today’s one represents a return to the spotlight after the spectacular presentation of the car on 11 February. On the occasion of the launch of the car, some technical solutions had been struck such as the front pull rod suspension, the very short nose, especially when compared to the choices made by Mercedes and Ferrari, and the extremely small front brake grips with eyelids.
According to the first images it seems that the team has not opted, at least for the moment, for the gills on the bellies useful for the dissipation of heat that have characterized the design of the Ferrari F1-75 and Aston Martin AMR22.
Concluded this afternoon reserved for filming day, McLaren will be back on track from Wednesday when the three days of testing in Barcelona will start, which Motorsport.com, as usual, will follow with the live.
To date, the Woking team has not yet communicated who between Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo will be at the wheel of the MCL36 during the first day of testing.
F1 Barcelona test line-up (updating)
Team | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
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Mercedes | ||||
Red Bull | ||||
Ferrari | ||||
McLaren | ||||
AlphaTauri | Tsunoda | Gasly | Gasly / Tsunoda | |
Alpine | ||||
Aston Martin | Vettel / Stroll | Stroll / Vettel | Vettel / Stroll | |
Williams | Latifi / Albon | Albon / Latifi | Latifi / Albon | |
Alfa Romeo | ||||
Haas F1 | Mazepin / Schumacher | Schumacher / Mazepin | Mazepin / Schumacher |
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