MCLAREN STRUGGLES MERCEDES STRAIGHT-LINE SPEED AT BAKU

Original: Why McLaren was so much slower than Mercedes on Baku's straights

McLaren experienced significant speed disadvantages compared to Mercedes on Baku's straight sections, despite expectations that rivals were closing the performance gap.

For all the talk of rivals catching Mercedes, which has held fire on its more significant upgrades until next weekend's Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia, the Brackley team has been able to weather the storm by excelling on some of the most power sensitive circuits like Monza and Baku, vindic