2022 is arguably the most anticipated season in F1 history. The sport is bringing in new regulations to bunch up the field closer and promote better racing. Alongside these new regulations, another important aspect that comes into play is the budget cap. According to this, the teams have to operate under a certain budget for the entire season so that the bigger teams don’t get an advantage in developing their car over others. McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl mentioned that developing the 2022 car under the budget cap has been tough.

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The German mentioned that the teams have to reevaluate themselves to work under the budget cap.

This meant that we had to question everything: McLaren F1 boss

As reported by Motorsport-Turkey, the teams can only spend up to one $145 million in the 2022 season to develop their car. This will mean that the big manufacturers would not have a significant advantage over an independent team.

“Obviously, the biggest challenge in preparing for this new season has been to develop a completely new car in line with the budget cap that was first implemented last year, with brand new technical adjustments,” said Seidl.

He added, “This meant that we had to question everything. We had to question a lot of things, from approaches from the past, how parts are to be manufactured, how to design them, whether it could be made simpler to manufacture by using cheaper materials in some parts where possible, for example.”

There’s a huge thought process involved in how many parts you want to produce per version. It brought a lot of new perspectives to what we’ve done in the past,” said the McLaren team principal.

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The Woking-based team recently unveiled their 2022 car on their livery launch. They would hope to get fighting at the front and hopefully fight for wins and podiums more regularly in 2022. McLaren finished the 2021 season in P4 and won their first race in nine years at Monza.

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