McLaren says the new nose design raced by the team in Russia is the element of a package that will gradually help the team extract more performance from its car moving forward. McLaren trialed the new Mercedes-style experimental nose in practice at Mugello before Lando Norris raced the element at Sochi following the component's mid-season homologation. The change in itself did not deliver a significant performance boost to McLaren's MCL35, but its implementation is seen as a new aero approach and a first step towards the completion of a package that should improve the pace of the Woking-based outfit's contender. ©McLaren "With the mid-season homologation date, we obviously wanted to...
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