The four key concept changes that transformed McLaren’s MCL60 F1 car

When McLaren launched its MCL60 before Formula 1’s pre-season test, it painted a very downbeat assessment of what it had created.

Team boss Andrea Stella was open that the squad was “not entirely happy for what is the launch car” because it knew it had missed some core design ideas as it brought the package together.

“There’s some areas in which we kind of realised a little late in development, some really strong directions,” he said.

Those…