Martin Whitmarsh has denied that McLaren’s efforts to emulate Red Bull’s blown exhaust concept have failed.<\/p>\n
The British team took the innovations off the MP4-25 two weeks ago at Silverstone, and at Hockenheim Jenson Button was only able to get within seven tenths of the qualifying pace.<\/p>\n
Mark Webber said on Saturday that the rear concept is overrated, delivering only “peanuts” in terms of time advantage.<\/p>\n
“It’s not going to win or lose you a championship,” German reports quote the Australian as saying.<\/p>\n
But McLaren boss Whitmarsh insists that the new package is functioning well, but not yet delivering its full potential.<\/p>\n
“We have exploited only half or even a bit less of what is possible.\u00a0 At every race from now on we will benefit,” Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport quote the Briton as saying.<\/p>\n
Whitmarsh estimates that the 2010 world champion will drive for the team that manages to add 0.25 seconds per lap to his car at every remaining race this season.<\/p>\n
McLaren’s F-duct and Red Bull’s rear end have been famously copied by their rivals, but Whitmarsh has revealed that some elements of Ferrari’s updated F10 are now of interest.<\/p>\n
“We have seen a few things on their car that we can look at,” he said.<\/p>\n
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