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May 21, 2013: Martin Whitmarsh says McLaren is actually retaining more of its focus on its 2013 car than it had originally planned at the start of the year

May 21, 2013: McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh says the team has allowed Paddy Lowe to join Mercedes early because "it seemed like the right thing to do"

May 13, 2013: McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh said his radio call to Sergio Perez at the Spanish Grand Prix to preserve tyres was not a covert team order

May 12, 2013: Martin Whitmarsh has said he is not considering his future as McLaren team principal despite another poor start to a season

May 3, 2013: Jenson Button insists the upgrades planned for his McLaren at the Spanish Grand Prix will not make or break his season

April 24, 2013: McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh says his team's performance is still not good enough despite signs of a recovery at the last two races

April 22, 2013: Martin Whitmarsh says McLaren will get its two drivers to sit down and talk about their actions during the Bahrain Grand Prix

April 16, 2013: McLaren is hoping to score solid points haul at this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix as it continues to limit the damage to its championship hopes after a tricky start to the year

April 8, 2013: McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh believes the team is "starting to turn the page" after its poor start to the 2013 season

April 1, 2013: Martin Whitmarsh says he is pleased with the start Sergio Perez has made to his McLaren career

March 30, 2013: McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh says he will be "very disappointed" if the team does not make further progress at the Chinese Grand Prix

March 29, 2013: Martin Whitmarsh says he is "relaxed" about the criticism he has received following McLaren's poor start to the new season

March 25, 2013: McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh believes the team displayed it has made "significant gains" during the Malaysian Grand Prix

March 24, 2013: McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh has admitted his team took too long to realise the mistake it made with the MP4-28 and says he takes responsibility for the predicament it now faces

March 19, 2013: David Coulthard has said his old team will continue to struggle for some time yet and the blame for early-season problems rests with team principal Martin Whitmarsh

March 18, 2013: Martin Whitmarsh says McLaren will investigate claims from Christian Horner that an Electronic Control Unit (ECU) glitch caused Mark Webber's poor start in Australia

March 15, 2013: McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh admitted that he was "worried about the pace" after a poor showing during the first day of practice in Melbourne

March 11, 2013: McLaren is confident the risks it has taken with its new car will pay off over the course of the season this year

March 11, 2013: McLaren has confirmed it will stick with Mercedes engines in 2014 amid talk that it might swap to Honda power in the coming years