McLaren needs to be 'creative'
2010-08-19 08:29
McLaren needs to get creative if it is to claw back its lead in the 2010 World championships, according to team boss Martin Whitmarsh.
Red Bull, clearly with faster cars, has taken over at the top of both points table, but McLaren's Lewis Hamilton is only four behind leader Mark Webber.
UK-based McLaren has In recent weeks been working on emulating Red Bull's blown floor concept but Whitmarsh said the team's engineers also needed to be more creative during the ongoing development of the MP4-25.
He was quoted by Autosprint magazine as saying: "We have not suspended the diffuser project but we hope to invent something new."
Creativity is at the heart of the current front-wing flexibility controversy and Red Bull is expected to pass even the more stringent scrutineering tests at Spa-Francorchamps next weekend.
Whitmarsh said McLaren had an understanding about the regulations that might not be shared by some of its competitors. "The FIA needs to make this area absolutely clear," he said.
"If clarity does not come then we too can become very inventive and creative."
