2022 - McLaren Formula 1 Team

[Emag]

Smallsoldier what about the other teams? Have they brought upgrades so far? Are we still with Bahrain's Test 2 car?

Yes, most teams have brought various things over the last couple of races.

McLaren is still on the Bahrain Test 2 car (more or less) bar some minor details.

[Darth-Piekus]

Fingers crossed that Mclaren will gain a significant time over everyone once they bring (you could say) a Spec B Car in Barcelona if they are gonna bring everything there and take the fight to Mercedes and maybe Red Bull and Ferrari on occasion. Also let's hope they solve the drag issue.

[SmallSoldier]

Smallsoldier what about the other teams? Have they brought upgrades so far? Are we still with Bahrain's Test 2 car?

The car is for the most part still the Bahrain car, there have been a few small changes, but from an aero perspective nothing really big.

The rest of the teams have brought upgrades, Alpine for example have actually gone through a very consistent process, running a new rear wing this race, as well as a few changes on the entrance of the tunnels, the floor edge, etc.

I believe that the team is still waiting on bringing in the new floor (with new tunnel entrance) and to know how much more DF they can get from it, so they can go with smaller wings

[SmallSoldier]

Fingers crossed that Mclaren will gain a significant time over everyone once they bring (you could say) a Spec B Car in Barcelona if they are gonna bring everything there and take the fight to Mercedes and maybe Red Bull and Ferrari on occasion. Also let's hope they solve the drag issue.

There is no “B-Spec”… There is going to be a larger upgrade package, but let’s not start calling it something that isn’t… There are no magic bullets, but let’s hope the upgrades to bring an important amount of lap time.

Let’s just wait and see, no point in speculating one way or the other.

[SmallSoldier]

WTF!!!

[Darth-Piekus]

--- you Gasly. What the hell was that for.

[Xero]

Ah, Gasly... not paying attention. Just as Lando was looking to get past the Haas cars...

[SmallSoldier]

That was bad luck… Lando had enough pace to be in front of both Haas and potentially a point scoring finish

[CjC]

And that was that.
Bad race ended with a DNF.
Anyway looking forward to Spain next!- Mclaren looked like a championship contender there is pre-season

[Darth-Piekus]

I hate it when a driver who has nothing to gain smacks a much faster driver who has more to lose than gain. What's with these small teams smacking onto Mclaren like bulls? We aren't even red in colour.

Let's see what Ricciardo can do with the Softs now.

[ScottR267]

I hate it when a driver who has nothing to gain smacks a much faster driver who has more to lose than gain.

You must be naive if you think this. You genuinely think Gasly intentionally crashed into Lando?

Also worth pointing out wasnt Gasly ahead of Lando therefore had just as much if not more to lose…….

[Emag]

Gasly was literally strolling around the circuit there. He missed pretty much every single corner in that section.

So unlucky to get taken out like this. A point or two may have been on the table, but oh well, nothing too big has been lost I guess (in terms of a result).

[Darth-Piekus]

You know what I mean. Of course he did not want to crash on him but still at this point Gasly had a damaged car and had nothing to gain and let's be honest. Mclaren very soon in one or two races will pull off from that midfield and chase off the first 3. Mclaren has more to lose than Gasly to gain.

[Emag]

You know what I mean. Of course he did not want to crash on him but still at this point Gasly had a damaged car and had nothing to gain and let's be honest. Mclaren very soon in one or two races will pull off from that midfield and chase off the first 3. Mclaren has more to lose than Gasly to gain.

Woah dude, let's not get carried away here. It's not like they have a free 1 second to gain through simple changes. Mercedes is still the team that is more likely to break away from the midfield.

[Darth-Piekus]

We shal see.Maybe we won't take the fight to the first 3 but the team has the ability to get away from the midfield. Still Gasly was slow and he ruined a faster driver's race.