After encountering brake problems in Bahrain testing, McLaren had to divert its resources into coming up with a solution prior to last weekend’s race.
While that was accomplished successfully with a revised front brake duct design, the effort meant that McLaren was, along with Haas, one of only two teams formally to declare to the FIA that it has brought no upgraded parts to Saudi Arabia.
Although other teams have switched rear wing specs for Jeddah, McLaren has kept the wing that was used in Bahrain.
The McLarens were at the bottom of the speed trap figures on Friday, although intriguingly Lando Norris was seventh- fastest in FP2 over a full lap, suggestion that the team may have found a more competitive set-up for the Jeddah weekend.
Seidl admitted that efforts to address the brake duct issue have had an ongoing impact.
“Let’s say the team was very, very busy to fully focus on this mission,” he said. “Which took a lot of capacity away for doing in parallel other things…
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