Ron Dennis says he is frustrated with testing restrictions which are preventing McLaren from becoming more competitive.
McLaren switched to Honda power at the start of this season but has found itself with an unreliable power unit for much of 2015, which has also been off the pace at the majority of circuits. With the team struggling for mileage during pre-season testing, Fernando Alonso claims McLaren is only now around the same point Mercedes was heading to the first race of the year.
Dennis admits the restrictions on in-season testing are hurting McLaren’s chances of recovery, but says there are also other ways he feels a team should be allowed to develop.
“I think the frustrations I have with the regulations is that everything that has been designed to reduce costs has increased it and primarily because the cost of getting durability is endless evaluation on dynos and test cells,” Dennis said.
“I would like to go testing, I would like to have freedom in wind tunnels, freedom in CFD. When you are uncompetitive you have to develop your way out of it and at the moment the regulations are extremely constraining in that area.”
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