2025 McLaren F1 Team

[WardenOfTheNorth]

Iridescent is the new chrome lol

[SB15]

Special Overalls

[mwillems]

Just all goes to show its been a big fuss over not much.

The Australia stuff was the most sensible of sensible decisions. Now being totally rewritten.

All there is, is Monza, and even thats understandable in many ways.

I can understand Oscars feelings. He's been a massive team player, probably too much to be fair, things to do seem to have favoured Lando slightly, but at the same time all the decisions are understandable in my view.

The thing that isn't mentioned here is that Oscar had to be a good team mate and give Lando a tow in Q3 in Hungary which got Lando behind Oscar on the grid, instead of further back and potentially 6th or worse. Lando went on to win. So I understand that this was because they are working for the time and fighting to get pole, but in this instance this wasn't just optics, Oscar was disadvantaged by the team vs his team mate.

So I don't think it was intentional, but I think that that moment was not very clever and that was an unfair 14pt swing against Oscar there.

[SilviuAgo]

I like it but there is something that doesn't click Maybe that part where Cisco is. I don't know...I only hope to be fast on COTA ))

[WardenOfTheNorth]

Can't help but think this would have looked insane under the lights of Singapore!!

[Ben1980]

Just all goes to show its been a big fuss over not much.

The Australia stuff was the most sensible of sensible decisions. Now being totally rewritten.

All there is, is Monza, and even thats understandable in many ways.

I can understand Oscars feelings. He's been a massive team player, probably too much to be fair, things to do seem to have favoured Lando slightly, but at the same time all the decisions are understandable in my view.

The thing that isn't mentioned here is that Oscar had to be a good team mate and give Lando a tow in Q3 in Hungary which got Lando behind Oscar on the grid, instead of further back and potentially 6th or worse. Lando went on to win. So I understand that this was because they are working for the time and fighting to get pole, but in this instance this wasn't just optics, Oscar was disadvantaged by the team vs his team mate.

So I don't think it was intentional, but I think that that moment was not very clever and that was an unfair 14pt swing against Oscar there.

I can understand almost every situation, though can see how some may find them controversial.

I do also think people really want the drama, and are hoping for it in some ways.

Again, I get the Monza one, isnt it regularly sonething that happens with team mates giving a tow. I guess the team still want yo run as a team, which again I understand.

[Ben1980]

Can't help but think this would have looked insane under the lights of Singapore!!

I still think they would have run it, if they had wrapped the title up, and wanted all the publicity based on the usual team colours.

[Mansell89]

Any thoughts on how COTA suits our car?

On paper I had us down as super strong here.

[Macklaren]

Any thoughts on how COTA suits our car?

On paper I had us down as super strong here.

It's supposed to be brutally hot this weekend so that will help. Also NOR was on pole here last year and would have won if it wasn't for Max's antics. So I would expect an easy McLaren 1-2 here if they don't mess up

[SilviuAgo]

Any thoughts on how COTA suits our car?

On paper I had us down as super strong here.

It's supposed to be brutally hot this weekend so that will help. Also NOR was on pole here last year and would have won if it wasn't for Max's antics. So I would expect an easy McLaren 1-2 here if they don't mess up

They have a new passion with this "heat hazard" thing.

[Darth-Piekus]

Any thoughts on how COTA suits our car?

On paper I had us down as super strong here.

It's supposed to be brutally hot this weekend so that will help. Also NOR was on pole here last year and would have won if it wasn't for Max's antics. So I would expect an easy McLaren 1-2 here if they don't mess up

I honestly don’t believe our drivers are messing things up on purpose. The McLaren isn’t an easy car to drive — it’s a beast that becomes unpredictable when you push it to the absolute limit. Yet Oscar and Lando have learned how to tame it better than anyone else on the grid. I genuinely don’t think there’s a single driver out there who could jump into that car and instantly perform at their level — not even Max Verstappen, and I know that might sting for some people to hear.

We’re so quick to criticize, but let’s be real — most of us have no idea how even a Kart actually behaves let alone an F1 car, how on-edge it is, or what it takes to keep it under control at 300 km/h.

And another thing: nobody even knows if McLaren still has the fastest car! They stopped developing it, while Red Bull and Mercedes kept pushing forward. So now, whatever Oscar and Lando do, they’re out there giving everything they’ve got to defend the points advantage they fought so hard to build while some others have like 3 other drivers and one more team to work for him.

They deserve some respect for that.

[CjC]

Any thoughts on how COTA suits our car?

On paper I had us down as super strong here.

It's supposed to be brutally hot this weekend so that will help. Also NOR was on pole here last year and would have won if it wasn't for Max's antics. So I would expect an easy McLaren 1-2 here if they don't mess up

I’m not so sure about a win let alone a 1-2.
Stella said after Singapore that COTA isn’t a ‘Mclaren track’
Only thing that’s favouring McLaren is the heat. Possibly 34 degrees for the Sprint and 31 degrees for the race.

[mwillems]

Just all goes to show its been a big fuss over not much.

The Australia stuff was the most sensible of sensible decisions. Now being totally rewritten.

All there is, is Monza, and even thats understandable in many ways.

I can understand Oscars feelings. He's been a massive team player, probably too much to be fair, things to do seem to have favoured Lando slightly, but at the same time all the decisions are understandable in my view.

The thing that isn't mentioned here is that Oscar had to be a good team mate and give Lando a tow in Q3 in Hungary which got Lando behind Oscar on the grid, instead of further back and potentially 6th or worse. Lando went on to win. So I understand that this was because they are working for the time and fighting to get pole, but in this instance this wasn't just optics, Oscar was disadvantaged by the team vs his team mate.

So I don't think it was intentional, but I think that that moment was not very clever and that was an unfair 14pt swing against Oscar there.

I can understand almost every situation, though can see how some may find them controversial.

I do also think people really want the drama, and are hoping for it in some ways.

Again, I get the Monza one, isnt it regularly sonething that happens with team mates giving a tow. I guess the team still want yo run as a team, which again I understand.

I'm fine with everything in the video, I'm talking about stuff that isn't in the video.

[mwillems]

I wonder what the noticeable and ongoing internal consequences are? Papaya rules enforced and reinforced it seems. The gloves are back on and everyone is friends again

https://au.motorsport.com/f1/news/norri ... /10768085/

[mwillems]

Any thoughts on how COTA suits our car?

On paper I had us down as super strong here.

It's supposed to be brutally hot this weekend so that will help. Also NOR was on pole here last year and would have won if it wasn't for Max's antics. So I would expect an easy McLaren 1-2 here if they don't mess up

I’m not so sure about a win let alone a 1-2.
Stella said after Singapore that COTA isn’t a ‘Mclaren track’
Only thing that’s favouring McLaren is the heat. Possibly 34 degrees for the Sprint and 31 degrees for the race.

The bumps here may impact us like they did at singapore. The car doesnt enjoy those kinds of tracks, though the corners at COTA will suit us more than Singapore and the higher speed entries may mitigate the issue a little, but there is still plenty of slow corners and big braking zones.

I exoect a tough weekend. And theres Mexico and Vegas to come where we may struggle.