McLaren chases “big step” for F1 2023 car to avoid recovery repeat

The Woking-based outfit has been left on the back foot through much of 2022 after brake problems wrecked its final test and left it near the tail end for the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.

The team has recovered quite well but has admitted that getting on top of those problems diverted resources away from other key performance areas. Also, it has had to work extra hard to not lose too much ground against main rival Alpine.

With teams now beginning to focus on…