{"id":15969,"date":"2012-05-10T06:42:30","date_gmt":"2012-05-10T10:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=15969"},"modified":"2012-05-10T06:42:30","modified_gmt":"2012-05-10T10:42:30","slug":"mclaren-reacts-after-pitstop-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/mclaren-reacts-after-pitstop-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"McLaren reacts after pitstop problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>McLaren has made changes to its pit crew and processes, following recurring problems at recent grands prix.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-left alignleft\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/gallery\/f1-2012-rif-images\/f1-12-people\/Martin-Whitmarsh-1.jpg\" alt=\"Martin-Whitmarsh-1\" width=\"384\" height=\"256\" \/>Team boss Martin Whitmarsh launched a full internal investigation after Bahrain, where problems with the fitting of wheels during crucial stops resurfaced.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have to try and make sure we pick up on them (the problems) for the next race because we can&#8217;t afford to lose points like we did,&#8221; said Lewis Hamilton.<\/p>\n<p>One wheel-gun operator got the lion&#8217;s share of the blame, but Whitmarsh insisted that McLaren would also &#8220;look at the equipment, the process, the approach&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He told reporters on Wednesday: &#8220;We have looked at what we are doing and have made some changes to the team and the process and we&#8217;ll see them on Sunday in Barcelona.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite the heat felt by the deposed wheel-gun operator, Whitmarsh reveals he was &#8220;astounded&#8221; by the number of McLaren mechanics who put their hands up to replace him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It reflects well on the spirit of the team.\u00a0 There&#8217;s been a reasonable amount of practice and we&#8217;ll see at the weekend.\u00a0 I believe we&#8217;ll have good stops,&#8221; he concluded.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>\u00a9 RIF | GMM<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>McLaren has made changes to its pit crew and processes, following recurring problems at recent grands prix. Team boss Martin Whitmarsh launched a full internal investigation after Bahrain, where problems with the fitting of wheels during crucial stops resurfaced. &#8220;We have to try and make sure we pick up on them (the problems) for the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[5262,5340,491,5284],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15969"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15969"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15970,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15969\/revisions\/15970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}