After an improved run of form going into the summer break, McLaren managing director Jonathan Neale has revealed that the team are taking more risks.

Jenson Button’s win at the Hungarian Grand Prix made it three Grand Prix wins in five races for McLaren and Neale has his thoughts on the secret to the team’s recent success.

He said:  ”I think when you are coming from behind the Red Bulls, you have to take risks. And we have taken risks with the car and we’ve taken risks with the driving.”

“The drivers are passionate about winning and push so hard that you can easily get to a situation where you overdrive and then mistakes creep in. When we managed to get some performance into the car the drivers started to relax a bit.”

As for whether this will be enough to launch a title bid remains to be seen, but Neale is adamant that McLaren will not be throwing in the towel just yet.

He continued: “First of all, we like to win races and have a huge appetite to win many more races this year. Mathematically, the titles are still possible and we will keep on fighting. But even if it wasn’t still possible, we wouldn’t back off.”

“We’ve won four races so far this season and two races in a row, so I believe that we can do well this season. We certainly will not sit back.”

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