McLaren seeks answers for straight‑line losses to Mercedes despite identical F1 power unit
McLaren’s principal, Andrea Stella, declared a focused review of the team’s straight‑line shortfall against Mercedes, citing a persistent deficit of about one‑and‑a‑half tenths of a second per lap. Investigating the Drag Gap Stella outlined that the MCL40 lags the W17 by three to four tenths overall, with roughly 30 % of that loss manifesting on the straights. […]

