On Wednesday morning McLaren launched its 2024 challenger online, before conducting a rainy filming day at Silverstone.
Last year's predecessor, the MCL60, was revealed to muted expectations after team boss Andrea Stella's admission that the team had missed its launch targets and that a full mid-season overhaul was already in the works.
That revamp turned McLaren into the most improved team, climbing to fourth place, with this year's MCL38 an evolution that aims to further improve on its main weaknesses: aerodynamic efficiency, mechanical grip in low-speed corners and how the car interacts with the tyres.
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While Stella believes the team has made steps in all three areas, he says further upgrades are forthcoming after some projects were not ready in time for the Bahrain-specification car.
"We had three major objectives," Stella explained. "One was to improve aerodynamic efficiency, the second one was to improve mechanical grip and the third one was to improve the interaction with the tyres.
"I wouldn't want to give any proportion, but I would say that we've been able to improve in all these three areas, even though we see that there's potential for further improvements in each of these three areas.
Source: Autosport