AN ENGINEERING MASTER STROKE? How McLaren Became the Red Bull Challengers

Red Bull has gone 'backwards', other teams have caught up, but McLaren made the biggest gains- Deploying a ten piece upgrade at Miami that brought Lando his first ever win, his second win this weekend at Zandvoort that destroyed Max, and has been well within a shot of winning several races since, if not for a strategy blunder at Silverstone and Lando being too aggressive at Austria.

But there's no denying that out of all the teams that have improved, McLaren made a massive jump, doing so at that Miami Grand Prix. So where were they before and where are they now? And what the hell did they do to the car?! Let's find out, shall we?

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[patmanbnl]

I think McLaren gets the constructors. It's also crazy to think that the last time a team not named Red Bull or Mercedes won a title was Brawn in 2009.

[zeberto]

McLarens position is the result of bring brutally honest with themselves a few years back after the end of the 2nd Honda engine supply. Thats when McLaren noticed that things needed fixing. It took time, Seidl came and went, but soon all the pieces of the orchestra fell into place, got in tune and time with each other and this is the result. As a McLaren fan its been a hard watch seeing McLaren go from top to bottom to top again.

[tangerinedream]

If Lando is to achieve the championship, then Piastri will need to be right behind him to relegate Max to third place points .

[drpiv]

It is a staggering transformation over the last 10 races.

[Andre_The_Millennial]

I remember Mika Hakkinen saying McLaren would be the ones to challenge Red Bull. He said this is 2022 I believe.

[nextgengaming]

The problem mclaren face is, this is the first time in years and years they've had the fastest car. They havnt been under pressure until now, so have forgot what it's like to be in control of almost all that they can be. Max and red bull have been fighting ferrari and Mercedes for wins since basically he arrived there. So he's learned to maximise what he has. On a given weekend, he's picked up the maximum available. Mclaren and norris haven't consistently done that yet.

[AttackerNumberTwo]

I wouldn’t say it’s absolutely impossible Lando can catch Max either. Especially if Piastri can start taking points off him. Easier to chase then be chased all the pressure will be on RBR.

[ekamroopsinghchaggar]

McLaren seem to have a strategy around their upgrades where they changed not just one part but all the other parts that are affected by that change as well. With the aerodynamics of an f1 car being so dependent on all of the parts of the car working in unison this could be why there updates are so effective in adding performance.

[martincull]

McLaren were powered by Mercedes in 1998 too.

[DavidCaudry]

McLaren just need to re-learn how to manage strategies when they have both drivers in front and they should be fine

[edmundisanski]

Your videos are the best concise distillation of what's going in F1's 'arms race' out there!

[conors]

Any competition to Red Bull is a good thing, but I can’t handle a guy called Lando winning anything.

[Euclides]

I've got an awful feeling McLaren will regret issuing team orders in Hungary. Morally, it was the right thing to do. However, given that Max can now afford to finish 2nd in every race and still win the championship, it may come back to bite McLaren in the arse.

[raruue]

Lando will need to be one with the car for the rest of the season to even be able to mount a challenge against max

[dublinliammccarthy]

This season reminds me of 1991 so much. A once dominant team with an all time great driver struggling to keep ahead of a British team and driver on the crest of a rapid development curve!

[TheDevnul]

What a turnaround from the beginning of last year to now.
I don’t remember any team moving from also ran to podium finishes!

[Holanduzo]

Well, the McLaren come back actually started last year

[minibus]

it's a terrific transformation from McLaren. I love to see them continue it for the rest of this year and into next, and pretty please can we have a Ferrari McLaren title battle next year?

[ivertranes]

That McLaren is definitely the best looking F1 car in many, many years.

[micodyerski]

The more I see the Mc, the more it looks like a beautiful evo of last years RB aero! If RB improved last years car, they'd have a McLaren 😮