Very good result from Dan to split the two Ferrari's and on the clean side to start. He seems to be settling in nicely now. Interesting to hear Andrea Stella too say they have made some changes towards Ricciardo with the car as well
which is helping and making the car better overall given Dan's input from driving various different cars over the years. It will also be carried over to next years car.
The McLaren Formula 1 team’s executive director of racing Andrea Stella says the MCL35M has “moved towards” Daniel Ricciardo in parallel with him adjusting his driving style.
“So some features, they are simply the way the car behaves in F1. But adding a new driver, a driver that has very clear references, that helped us understand that some of these features actually we needed to improve on our side.”
“So it's Daniel moving to the car, but there's been a bit of the car moving to Daniel, in 2021. Some of the learning we got will essentially as much as possible be translated into next year's car.
“That's why it took time, and I think reflection over the summer break might have helped this process of making these changes requited, the different style required, more of a natural process.
“We understand why the trajectory was slow, we understand why now we are in a better place. But we think there is more to come and we need to obviously put together a lot of work, and just carry on what we've been doing in the last month.”
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/mclar ... e/6752467/
Well done Lando as well for being a good team player too. Who knows how the tyre wear etc will pan out between us and Ferrari but if Dan can get ahead of both he is very good at defending. The McLaren is a beast off the line. Hopefully he can pull away though if he gets ahead but doesn't seem too likely given the improvements Ferrari have made recently, then again if tyre wear starts to bite on Ferrari we are a chance. In the end its a win if he can finish ahead of both and hopefully Lando can get in the points too. No idea about Alpha Tauri, they look quick but Gasly got a tow from Tsunoda so hard to say how much ahead they are in performance here as well. Its all to play for still lets have at it and beat those red cars!
