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The restraint unity that's meant McLaren avoiding F1 2024’s widespread floor pain

After introducing a significant car upgrade package, McLaren dominated the Dutch Grand Prix straight out of the 2024 Formula 1 summer break. That's a familiar story for the championship, but the details of this case are actually quite different.

McLaren's brake, suspension, wings and floor edge update introduced at Zandvoort was its biggest package since it'd rather transformed the MCL38 with 10 altered areas, including a completely revised floor, in Miami. But this time, it didn't comprehensively alter the car's floor – the key area for adding downforce in a ground-effect era.

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