Seidl thinks rival teams may copy McLaren's new diffuser solution
Mar.19 - McLaren is hoping to kick off the 2021 season with a podium.
Many analysts believe that the famous British team could have its nose slightly in front of an extremely tight midfield this season.
The 2021 McLaren's clever exploitation of a loophole in the new diffuser rules have also received praise.
"It will be interesting to see how this will develop in the next few weeks," team boss Andreas Seidl told the German broadcaster RTL. "Whether teams are hoping for a leap if they try to recreate the solution.
"It's great to see though and I'm happy for our aerodynamics team that they found this solution," he added.
As for the goal ahead of the 2021 season, Seidl admitted: "We would be very, very satisfied with a podium in the first race."
He admits that Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris did a qualifying simulation in Bahrain testing recently but "of course we don't talk about how far we were from the limit".
"It's very difficult to read where anyone is," Seidl added.
"But I think we are well prepared and that we are in a very close battle again."
He also agrees with those who think Lando Norris could be about to take another step forward in 2021.
"Daniel is a great benchmark for Lando," said Seidl. "He (Ricciardo) has shown that he can win races with the right material, and that helps Lando to take the next step.
"We can't forget how young he is," he said of the 21-year-old. "From what I've seen, he is taking that step."
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I really hope McLaren can be up with the lead teams , looks like Norris is totally on his game for this year and with Dan driving will now make the top two teams nerves .... Bring it on
Good on McLaren for finding the loophole lets hope the other teams don't decide to make a fuss just because some clever people at McLaren out-thought them!
Go on ya McLaren show them how do it.
Not long to go now before the great sport of f1 starts. i know Danny Riciardo will bring McLaren forward this year and Lando Norris will also do well this year. what a great team..good luck to All the McLaren team. go go Danny🏁
Love to see Lando and Daniel mixing it up with Lewis and Max!