Former Williams chief engineer Mark Gillan does not see McLaren being a factor at the very front of the F1 field until the first European races at the earliest.Having studied the form of the MP4-28 over the opening two rounds in Australia and Malaysia, where a ninth place apiece for Jenson Button and Sergio Perez stand as the team's best results, Gillan believes that the car's problems are more deep-seated than merely aerodynamics, and claims that it could be as late as Canada in June before any change of fortune is detected.“I was surprised at how slow they were at the beginning of the season,” he told the JA on F1 podcast, “They've had a couple of poor starts [before], but...
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