Why McLaren can bounce back from our weekend of hell and my view on porpoising row

Why McLaren can bounce back from our weekend of hell and my view on porpoising row

One of the wildest things about the 2022 season has been the way in which performance has fluctuated so dramatically from track to track. To an extent, that is to be expected, with the teams all getting used to these new technical regulations . But I have certainly never known anything like it in my career. The good news is that it means things can change quickly. Montreal was, truth be told, a bit of a weekend from hell for us at McLaren. But there is no reason to believe we cannot turn things around and be a lot more competitive at our home race at Silverstone next week. After all, we went from 15th at the first race of this season at Bahrain, where we were miles off the pace, to fifth in Australia two races later, and then a podium finish at Imola. Yes, we have been less competitive at the last two races in Azerbaijan and Canada. But we know the reasons why, and we are working hard to put things right. It felt a bit like everything that could have gone wrong in Montreal did go wrong. In qualifying we had an issue with the power