McLaren will introduce more upgrades at this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix after making good progress last time out in Spain, Eric Boullier has confirmed.
The Woking outfit is rooted to the foot of the championship after a point-less start to the campaign, but there were signs of encouragement in Barcelona as Fernando Alonso qualified seventh before finishing twelfth in the upgraded MCL-32.
Monaco is the least power-dependent circuit on the calendar, meaning it should play to the strengths of a team who has longed claimed its chassis is among the best on the grid.
It is, then, the team’s best opportunity yet to register its first points of the 2017 season.
“We have restructured and rebuilt the team and now it is working and operating very, very well,” the Frenchman told Autosport. “You can see the results: and our correlation rate is unbelievable.
“In Spain we brought a new front wing, new bodywork, new floor, and new rear wing and it is correlating 95%.
“And with this year’s new regulations meaning there are big gains every time you work in the windtunnel or CFD, we see big potential still.
“So what we had on the car [in Spain] was the first part of the package and the second part will be in Monaco.
“It has allowed us and Fernando to step up into this midfield pack, and this is a fact, not fantasy.”
Jenson Button will be aiming to hand the team a much-needed boost as he deputises for Alonso, who is taking part in the Indy500.
