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McLaren struggling with trial and error approach to aero issues
McLaren has been forced to resort to a laborious trial and error approach to try and solve the aero issues impacting its MCL33 because the underlying design flaw cannot be seen in the wind tunnel. Despite its change to Renault power this season, and a boat load of good will and hope, McLaren's performance has not lived up to expectations, its 2018 chassis suffering from a chronic aero issue. Both Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne failed to make it through Q1 in qualifying, their car's excessive drag wreaking havoc on its top speed down Paul Ricard's two main straights. The aero issues pinning down McLaren have been identified, according to CEO Zak Brown, but cannot be solved by wind...
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