2025 McLaren F1 Team

[MrGapes]

should be race sim now...

don't know why yall surprised now, this is how they have conducted preseason for the last few years, if it didn't work they would of changed the checklist long ago.

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Pierre Waché on C+ (french feed) says he thinks McLaren's front suspension approach is really risky

[FittingMechanics]

Pierre Waché on C+ (french feed) says he thinks McLaren's front suspension approach is really risky

I like that they are taking risks.

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Motorsport Turkey reporter is giving short summaries of each teams' vibes/feedback from the test so far:

The general feeling from the McLaren drivers is similar to last year. They are still not completely happy with the rear end of the car, but they continue to "keep their strengths" in the areas where they are strong.

I still think the car will continue to improve until the first race, so we'll have to wait.

[Macklaren]

Love that the team is trying to tamp down the rhetoric on all the WCC proclamations

[MrGapes]

Norris Race Sim
C3 Stint 1
1. 2.30.072 OUTLAP
2. 1.36.037
3. 1.35.758
4. 1.35.694
5. 1.35.585
6. 1.35.684
7. 1.35.729
8. 1.36.372
9. 1.36.363
10. 1.35.452
11. 1.35.171
12. 1.35.125
13. 1.34.930
14. 1.35.099
15. 1.35.535
16. 1.35.344
17. 1.35.379
18. 1.35.171
19. 1.35.141
20. 1.35.372
21. 1.37.736 INLAP

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Last year pace in the race at Bahrain for reference.



And last year's track conditions for reference.

Really strong first stint by Lando just now. Considering laptimes, safe to assume it's a full race sim in terms of fuel. He was mostly on the low 35's whereas last year, even the second stint was nowhere near that.

EDIT: Low 34's now on the C2 after the pits.

[Seerix]

Lec is running same sim by the looks of it but he started a bit later, he is around 35.5 will be interesting comparison once both finish

[CjC]

Lec is running same sim by the looks of it but he started a bit later, he is around 35.5 will be interesting comparison once both finish

Leclercs lap 13 was a 35.8

[Harisudhan]

Lando is gonna face some traffic soon behind Lec.

Edit: Lec Pits

[Emag]

Lec is running same sim by the looks of it but he started a bit later, he is around 35.5 will be interesting comparison once both finish

Leclercs lap 13 was a 35.8

Seems like he is hitting deg now, because the next lap was a 36.0 and the next one after that a 35.9

Fastest lap he had was 35.4

So, it's looking like a really really competitive first stint for Lando, assuming equal fuel loads.

[FittingMechanics]

Lec is running same sim by the looks of it but he started a bit later, he is around 35.5 will be interesting comparison once both finish

Leclercs lap 13 was a 35.8

Seems like he is hitting deg now, because the next lap was a 36.0 and the next one after that a 35.9

Fastest lap he had was 35.4

So, it's looking like a really really competitive first stint for Lando, assuming equal fuel loads.

Not sure if it was deg, it was slightly raining at that time. NOR had his times affected as well.

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Time to keep an eye out on Leclerc's C2 laptimes now. Quite comparable run plan with Lando.

Lando was low-mid 34's for most of the stint (mostly low, close to 34.1s as far as I was seeing).

[Seerix]

Lando probably had some dirty air from Lec and was doing ~34.6 behind him, now in clean air 34.3s

[FittingMechanics]

Now onto third stint.

Finally racking up some serious mileage. I think everything looks under control.