One of the foundations of McLaren's successes in Formula 1 over the past two years has been in the team's in-season development of its cars, following its immediate turnaround in form at the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix.
McLaren had identified a series of inefficiencies in the aerodynamic platform of that year's MCL60 in the season's prelude, prompting a restructure of its technical department and a heavy development cycle planned to breathe life back into the team.
