McLaren shares Red Bull's car development decision ahead of the Australian GP
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Updated: 16:56, 27 Feb
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Like Red Bull Racing, the new McLaren will fundamentally look the same in Australia as it did during the final Bahrain pre-season test.
McLaren team boss Andrea Stella explained that the MCL40 will not be completely overhauled ahead of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.
Speaking to GPblog among others, in Bahrain, he explained: "In terms of car specification, what we are seeing here at the test is fundamentally the car that we will see in Australia.
"There will be a few parts that are being manufactured in the meantime and they will be ready just for Australia.
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"Certainly working on reducing the weight of the car is always a development item because even if you are at the weight limit you want to be actually under the weight limit, because then you can play with the ballast.
"So I think this is something on which the teams will keep themselves busy for a long time until they are well under the weight limit."
In McLaren's Q&A, Stella specified that only "minor aerodynamic updates" will be introduced for the first race.
The RB22 won't change fundamentally either
GPblog understands that Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar's car will not undergo a massive makeover. Read more here!
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