McLaren brakes anomaly highlights rawness of F1 2022 cars

The Woking-based team enjoyed a strong first test in Barcelona, but it all went wrong in the second week in Bahrain when it encountered brake overheating problems.

That limited its running and put it on the backfoot for last weekend’s F1 opener, where it also struggled with a lack of grip and neither Lando Norris nor Daniel Ricciardo finished in the points.

The team admits that the Bahrain brake issues caught it completely by surprise, and they have still not been fully…