JPower wrote: ↑01 Mar 2022, 16:43
billamend wrote: ↑01 Mar 2022, 14:37
Given everything I've seen so far, I'm starting to believe that McLaren is a dark horse for this championship:
- No signs of porpoising
- Very basic car in Barcelona, with plenty of upgrades to come (unlike Ferrari). Reports of it being 4 to 5 months old.
- Good on timing sheets, but very much outside top speeds
- Close to the weight limit, but reportedly using modular builds for testing. Once they start building integrated pieces, I assume the weight will decrease
- Teams (e.g. RB) started to lobby for rules changes (suspension and weight)
- Teams (e.g. RB and Mercedes) started to question McLaren floor for flexing
I understand being excited after the first test but given everything you know about the two teams, do you honestly believe Mercedes has designed a worse car than McLaren?
I'm sure Merc would not intend to design a worse car than Mclaren, but until it was actually run on the road all they have is data from their own baseline. A tiny miscalculation or mistranslation and they could easily suffer.
Also, Mclaren are no mugs and have been designing cars a long time with an established team, and there is always a 50/50 call that goes one way with this team that way with another and either could be the best call.
As you, I would expect the Merc to be at least as good, but sometimes it just happens that way.
I would really like to see it happen, be it for Mclaren, AM, or most of the other teams.
Not knowing who is going to win is as good as backing the winner.
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