f1rules wrote: ↑17 Mar 2025, 10:07
Also some points.
> Merc adopted a much higher cooling option, more gills, in australia. McL didnt change a thing. They dont even seem marginal on cooling at all in their default cooling setup.
> McL running a small beamwing compared to others, which ran barndoors in comparison, except RB.
> Mcl was the first car to have a shakedown well before others, and they are basicly running last years fw, which is very mclaren'ish in their approach. Following them for years and years, ill imagine the next step will be an updtaed fw, and then later a new floor. They tend to start at the front and move backwards.
> Wache saying McL's front suspension had some risks, regarding the mech aspect. Yet the McL newer seemed to have better frontend and slow speed corner handling then now, and almost perfect at keeping the tires in optimum working range.
This car is just insane on so many levels
And it's important to note that the car is improved in all cornering speeds, so this isn't just downforce. The car is better all over, although they do seemed to have maintained the slight top speed difference although the disadvantage is overplayed. They've built a very RB car that is brilliant into, through the corners, and the exits. No point being faster in a straight line if all it does is help you make up a little of the deficit from everywhere else. As I said in testing, what they have done to the nose is mighty. Some people thing the rear is a weakness, but it's moved on, but the front is so good it has the ability to make the rear look bad, but it really isn't.
The way this car not only carries through a corner but then destroys any competitor in a drag race from the corner is, in my view, unprecedented. It is ridiculous how good this car is... on one competitive track
We may well have some nasty surprises and ups and downs yet. Let's see how we do on some of the other configurations, including particularly bumpy tracks.
Mclarens front wing was quite flexible, more than some others, so running the "older" front wing is likely not an issue. They will most certainly be working on this as they have to bring a new wing for Spain. Unless it is faster than the flexible wing and it is fully compatible with the parts behind, they may not bring it before. We might instead see a more comprehensive package at Race 9, or a package being released in the races immediately preceding the Spanish GP.
Talking of wings,
I notice we heard nothing at all about rear wings this weekend.