The Blancpain Endurance Series has moved over to the UK for its second round, following the rain-soaked first race at Monza back in April. For many of the drivers on the grid there’s been little R&R in-between: a combination of World GT1, the Nürburgring 24 Hours and various local championships have meant drivers haven’t strayed far from the tracks, despite the gap in the Blancpain schedule.
The big news is that McLaren have taken a big step up in the last month – their back-to-back victories in the World GT1 Championship last weekend at Navarra showed that the midnight oil has been burning back in Woking. Having struggled in most series that McLarens were entered in early in the year, the MP4-12C now seems to be hitting the sweet spot. But it’s important to remember how early in its development the car is, so the fact that they’re already on the pace must be cause for celebration at the McLaren customer teams.
At Silverstone the nine McLarens entered here have been there or there abouts all day – the story from the drivers is that there have been a whole host of small improvements rather than one big breakthrough. Whatever it is, it’s worked: qualifying went well, with three MP4-12Cs in the top 10. The only question will now be whether the reliability is also sorted. We’ll find out tomorrow…
Thanks to Speedhunters for the article and awesome photographs!
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