
I think the car is better than last year. They just don't work on the C6 and the C6 was not used last year. He would have been much closer if everyone qualified on C5.Cs98 wrote: ↑24 May 2025, 18:41Car is the same as last year. Decent in S1 and S3, useless in S2. But that's in quali, in race pace I still think the car can be good. Whether they will get to use that pace is a different question. I'm expecting a penalty for Hamilton, so Max will likely move up to P4.
Car is the same as last year... in Monaco. It has the exact same strengths and weaknesses sector by sector. Good in S1 when the tyre is alive, strong through Massenet (though McLaren has clearly improved massively there compared to 2024), absolutely terrible in the slow and twisty bits of S2 where it's all front grip, and then okay but not great in the final sector depending on the condition of the tyre. Oh, and the car still bounces like a kangaroo in slow corners on quali runs.AR3-GP wrote: ↑24 May 2025, 18:43I think the car is better than last year. They just don't work on the C6 and the C6 was not used last year. He would have been much closer if everyone qualified on C5.Cs98 wrote: ↑24 May 2025, 18:41Car is the same as last year. Decent in S1 and S3, useless in S2. But that's in quali, in race pace I still think the car can be good. Whether they will get to use that pace is a different question. I'm expecting a penalty for Hamilton, so Max will likely move up to P4.
I still disagree. The car was jumping like a kangaroo last year. Their pace on the medium tire was competitive, just as it was in Imola. The C6 is where it all came undone.Cs98 wrote: ↑24 May 2025, 18:47Car is the same as last year... in Monaco. It has the exact same strengths and weaknesses sector by sector. Good in S1 when the tyre is alive, strong through Massenet (though McLaren has clearly improved massively there compared to 2024), absolutely terrible in the slow and twisty bits of S2 where it's all front grip, and then okay but not great in the final sector depending on the condition of the tyre.AR3-GP wrote: ↑24 May 2025, 18:43I think the car is better than last year. They just don't work on the C6 and the C6 was not used last year. He would have been much closer if everyone qualified on C5.Cs98 wrote: ↑24 May 2025, 18:41Car is the same as last year. Decent in S1 and S3, useless in S2. But that's in quali, in race pace I still think the car can be good. Whether they will get to use that pace is a different question. I'm expecting a penalty for Hamilton, so Max will likely move up to P4.