The issue was mainly attributed to the design of its front brake assembly, with Lando Norris unable to do more than a few consecutive laps before the brakes overheated.
It’s an issue that didn’t rear its head in Barcelona due to the lower temperatures that the teams were running in at this time of the year.
Crucially, however, winter in Spain offers conditions which are unrepresentative when compared to most of the F1 season, so was far away from the requirements of somewhere like a warm Middle East circuit.
Having isolated the issue in Bahrain, McLaren set about finding ways to have a solution ready for the race this weekend, even if it’s only a temporary fix and a more refined version will follow in the coming weeks.
The solution fitted to the MCL36 in Bahrain is a metallised version of the carbon fibre brake disc shroud that the team ran during the first two tests.
And, while there’s some obvious differences in the shape of the new version spotted in the Sakhir pitlane, the…
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