McLaren had to “question quite a lot” designing F1 car under cost cap

The 2022 season marks the start of a new technical era for F1 following a significant overhaul of the regulations, forcing teams to rethink many of their existing processes.

An additional challenge has been the presence of the budget cap, which was introduced last year at $145m and will drop to $140m this year.

The 2022 car is the first to have been fully designed under the restrictions of the budget cap after the freeze in the regulations due to the COVID-19 pandemic meant…