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Description: Join our F1 Mailing List for a chance to win $1000! 👉 driver61.beehiiv.com/subscribe 🔧 Thanks to Scarbs for joining us once again! Go follow him on Twitter for F1 Tech news! 👉 twitter.com/ScarbsTech In Bahrain, McLaren was NOWHERE. Awful pace, a car that was apparently ‘very very difficult to drive’ and a P14 and P15 for the two drivers. And that would have been P18 and 19 if the three Red Bull engines had held together. But they’ve had one hell of a resurgence, with Lando getting a podium in Imola and some strong results in Australia. So what have they changed for the Emilia Romagna GP? And where are they going from here? Well, this story with the McLaren starts in Bahrain - where we were all wondering if the McLarens were going to be the backmarkers for this year. They only beat Latifi and Hulk (in a car he had never driven before) - and yes the Red Bulls and Gasly who all DNF’d. If you look at Qualifying, their delta to the fastest cars in Qualifying was about a second and a half. Then, looking at race pace - the delta was a little bigger. Now, this is harder to tell in the race, with traffic, degrading tyres and the list goes on. But you can see that the McLaren is consistently a way off the pace. Lando said - ‘We don’t really have a good enough car to do better’ and explained that he had to push really hard just to keep up at the beginning, only then to deg the tyres and fall off the pack altogether. ➤Follow Driver61 on: ➤ Instagram- @official_driver61 - bit.ly/D61Insta ➤TikTok - @official_driver61 - bit.ly/D61TikTok ➤ Follow Scott on: ➤ Twitter - twitter.com/scottkmansell ➤ Instagram - @official_driver61 - bit.ly/D61Insta #Formula1 #McLaren #Driver61