Bahrain Grand Prix: McLaren admit to rear wing contingency plan

By Tom Cary 659PM GMT 09 March 2010

Ready to hurl McLaren contend they are playmate that their new MP4-25 is inside of the manners Photo PA

It emerged last week that Red Bull had asked the FIA, the sport"s ruling body, for construction per the legality of their rivals" back wing, that they hold is creation crafty make use of of air upsurge by the engine cover and air box and maybe even from the cockpit to case the wing at high-speed and broach a speed advantage.

Both McLaren and the FIA have regularly stressed that they are unconcerned, but in conclusion the competition stewards in Bahrain might take a opposite view.

McLaren group guide Jenson Button form Lewis Hamilton form FIA to inspect McLaren"s new wing McLaren assured of wing legality Kevin Garside Hamilton right to fly the nest

The FIA"s technical chief, Charlie Whiting, had to terminate a revisit to McLaren to check the car for himself last Friday after his craft from Brazil was delayed, but he is scheming to take a see in Bahrain.

"Charlie"s going to go on to endorse that he"s happy," McLaren handling executive Jonathan Neale said. "It"s unfortunate that his craft got cancelled whilst withdrawal Sao Paulo. It would have been good to take the event to finish it off in the UK, but we"re utterly loose about it.

"We"ve oral to [Ferrari group principal] Stefano Domenicali and a little of the alternative group principals and colleagues and of march everybody wants to see clarity.

"We"re you do the same on a series of alternative teams" developments. There"s zero unfavourable about it though we"re utterly assured the car is legal."

Neale admitted, though, that his group had a strait plan in place. "We"re not receiving a in essence opposite package, but you only never know what the stewards are going to do on the day," he said.