Please all Mclaren fans don't be too pessimistic, in Bahrain we will be ahead of the Ferraris. Ferrari hasn't put anything on the car since the last two days of testing at the begining of March. And Alonso confirmed that they won't have an upgrade until China, only some specific parts for Raikkonen to have a more friendly car. Mclaren has a new extensive upgrade and Mclaren's upgrade from Sepang will bring real performance in Bahrain, because in the desert, when the sun goes down, the temperatures will drop significantly. The tropical heat and high speed corners, masked the benefit of the upgrade package, but it correlated with the wind tunnel. Both Eric Boullier and Jenson Button confirmed for Autosport that every part they put on mp4-29 since January 2014 has worked:
Button: "T
his year, so far everything that's come out of the windtunnel, the track has agreed with, which is great."
Boullier: "What we've seen since the Bahrain tests,
Melbourne and here, every upgrade we brought is matching the numbers on track, which is a good sign and a good base. So we just need to keep developing and keep working."
And Mclaren will bring upgrades to every race how Red Bull did in the last four years.
Boullier: "We have a further upgrade coming in Bahrain and I think every race we are going to bring something."
Mclaren choose a different strategy to Ferrari, working more on the driveability of the car and good traction, but in the same time in Koln they worked very hard on the aero front. The new nose they had in Sepang was developed and refined by the team since the end of January 2014 => "
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Sulla MP4-29 anche se resterà la brutta proboscide, si sta valutando una soluzione più estrema"
Mclaren switched all the resources on mp4-29 very very early. If the car hadn't many updates on the car until Melbourne it was because of the precautionary of the team. A solid base, but in the same time, in the wind tunnel their work is very advanced. No other team except maybe Mercedes will have upgrades for the firts 4 races until China.
Mclaren had in Australia, had in Malaysia, will have in Bahrain and China.
Except Mercedes, all the teams, tried their Melbourne package in the last two days of the tests in Bahrain, but since them they had the same package, and they will have parts only in China (for Ferrari, Williams and Force India it was confirmed). I'm not sure about Mercedes but Mclaren it's the only confirmed team that will have an upgrade package in Bahrain, only 6 days after the Sepang race. This wouldn't be possible only if the development work in the wind tunnel is very advanced, they could not make all the process in just 5-6 days. With 2 upgrade packages (Sepang package will bring the performance in Bahrain, and the new package for Bahrain) we will be ahead of the Ferraris.
