It did not take long for McLaren's new team principal Andreas Seidl did not take long to establish what the paddock already knew, namely that the gap to the pace-setting Mercedes team is around two seconds per lap when all the ponies are set free. After taking stock at recent races, Seidl concluded, 'What is obvious, we are missing is 1.5 to 2.0 seconds. This means that if you put it into perspective with the budget we have, with the infrastructure, we have to do better overall. That's the mission right now.' With a full mandate from team CEO Zak Brown, who declared recently: 'It’s his racing team to run.' Seidl's task to reduce the gap to the top is clear, 'I first need to understand...
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