McLaren Racing CEO Zak Browℱn says the team is “anticipating a good car” for the 2019 Formula 1 season. 

The Woking squad will continue its recovery bid in the upcoming c෴ampaign as it looks toꦜ build on the sixth-place finish it claimed in the 2018 constructors’ championship during its first year with Renault engines. 

McLaren has hired ex-Porsche LMP1 boss Andreas Seidl to head up its F1 operation in what marks the h🔥eadline announcement💛 of its recent management shake-up following the resignation of Eric Boullier last year amid a poor start to the season. 

“We’re anticipating a good car,” Brown s🌱aid. 

“The off season♊ development has gone💟 according to plan but you ultimately don’t know what the competition has been up to and the competition is tough and is getting tougher. 

“We need good feedback from them [new dri𝕴vers Carlos Sainz Jr and Lando Norris] - this will be a much different car to 2018. Their feedback is excellent.

“We want them to race the field hard. Naturally teammates race each other hard but they do get🦄 on and are good guys and for us to move forward as a team we need them both bringing back the cars and the points. They know that. That’s the team goal.” 🐷;

Despite🍨 its switch from Honda to Renault power units, McLaren failed to achieve its target of returning⛦ to the podium last year having produced a disappointing car design, leading to the departure of two-time world champion Fernando Alonso. While Brown is confident of improvement with its 2019 challenger - the MCL34 - he is keen to steer clear of making any bold predictions. 

"All the men and women back at McLaren having been working extremely hard to make sure we build a better car than 2018, because I know theꦚse guys won't want to drive last year's car!,” Brown added.  

“As far as on track, I think we want to stay aw🔯ay from making predictions. I would say our expectations is that we will continue to make a step forward.&nbs💖p;

“Last year was a step forward, although not the step forward we had hoped to make. So our expectations are that we♒ are going to continue that journey in 2019, but I want to stop short of saying where that will be in the constructors’ championship. 

“꧂I know where I hope to be, but I don’t know where we will be until we hit the ground running.”