The company is nearly finished developing a 30-kilowatt model with an 26-foot wing and is planning a model more than 200 feet long that would produce 5 megawatts and reach heights of nearly two kilometers.
He is very critical of Mr Chavez's left-wing policies and says he is inspired by the Brazilian model of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, whose government managed to achieve economic growth and lift millions of people out of poverty.
McLaren surprised everyone by running with a conventional rear wing in first practice as opposed to a shallower, lower model more suited to Monza's low-downforce track.