2025 McLaren F1 Team

[Macklaren]

Leclerc’s race engineer backing up what I saw

Lando's as well

(What happened to Oscar? I missed FP2)

[Darth-Piekus]

Mclaren seems to be as good as Red Bull on the first part of the track, losing a lot of time on the second part of the track and slightly better on the third part of the track. Tomorrow on FP3 they have a lot of work to do.

[Xero]

Impressive race pace from Lando in FP2. If that's a genuine advantage over the field he's sitting very pretty. Still question marks over qually pace, but not seen a representative time yet to judge. Not concerned.

[venkyhere]

From FP2 onboards and data, McLaren (Norris) looks like the best car on the grid. The Ferrari has just engine turned up, and Redbull is good only on the softs, it looked terrible on the mediums. On a slippery track, Norris is not sliding at all on the mediums, and has pace in hand on the softs. Piastri looked to be carrying the same sub-par form, though he has every opportunity to bounce back with FP3 and Q. Unless Redbull pull something out of the bag from Friday data and correct their car in FP3, this looks like slam dunk victory for McLaren.

PS : I don't know what you were watching, DP

[mwillems]

It might be playing it down, but Lando's view is he found the limit a bit too quickly and is a bit behind Max.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/ar ... gwngjxe4eo

This year we have tended to gain less between now and Q than Max.

I haven't watched sessions though, but it is only FP2.

[Mcl_G10]

Looks like a similar trend to many races this year.
Not the fastest car on low fuel but fastest race pace.
Trouble as usual will be following closely and passing cars that are faster in a straight line.
Not sure what the ideal starting position would be here?

[mwillems]

Passing is easier at Mexico. But it is just FP2, setup, engine modes, conditions change. The long radius onto the straight looks decent for Mclaren, a chance to get a good run at people.

[Mcl_G10]

Let's hope so mwilliams.

On another note it looks to be yet another weekend where lando is 'on it' and Oscar not so much.
I've been really impressed with lando since the unfortunate dnf at zandvoort I think hes been really strong, much wiser and shown a really good level of maturity.

The trouble is whether he can win a couple of races which he needs to keep max at bay and to overtake oscar. I can see lando being within 1 position of max at every race but he needs to be ahead at a couple of them.

[f1isgood]

Let's hope so mwilliams.

On another note it looks to be yet another weekend where lando is 'on it' and Oscar not so much.
I've been really impressed with lando since the unfortunate dnf at zandvoort I think hes been really strong, much wiser and shown a really good level of maturity.

The trouble is whether he can win a couple of races which he needs to keep max at bay and to overtake oscar. I can see lando being within 1 position of max at every race but he needs to be ahead at a couple of them.

Feels like Lando is driving like he has nothing to lose since that DNF because he can always point to that weekend as why he couldn't win the title.

[SilviuAgo]

FP2 done well for Lando. Oscar's pace is shocking at this moment. He needs to keep.head down and bounce back stronger if he wants still to lead World Championship after Mexico.

On other hand, good recovery to Pato and make well soon.
https://f1i.com/news/551845-oward-taken ... -city.html

[mwillems]

Let's hope so mwilliams.

On another note it looks to be yet another weekend where lando is 'on it' and Oscar not so much.
I've been really impressed with lando since the unfortunate dnf at zandvoort I think hes been really strong, much wiser and shown a really good level of maturity.

The trouble is whether he can win a couple of races which he needs to keep max at bay and to overtake oscar. I can see lando being within 1 position of max at every race but he needs to be ahead at a couple of them.

Oscar is like this in this period for the third year in a row. Organic posted that Stella says it is where there is less grip and the car slides.

Oscar prefers a strong rear so it may be related to this, I guess.

[SilviuAgo]

So the rocket ship changed the garage.



To notice that last McLaren performance update for MCL39 was in Spa, so 7 races ago.

[CjC]

So the rocket ship changed the garage.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G4Dtr6BWIAA ... name=large

To notice that last McLaren performance update for MCL39 was in Spa, so 7 races ago.

If true this can only be a good thing. If one of the McLaren boys can see out this WDC against the best with the best, that would be akin to what the best managed to achieve in 2024 with the third best car as well

[venkyhere]

So the rocket ship changed the garage.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G4Dtr6BWIAA ... name=large

To notice that last McLaren performance update for MCL39 was in Spa, so 7 races ago.

This chart by F1tv is childish, it doesn't take into account 'mistakes' made by drivers, it doesn't take into account 'pace management' by leader (because he is always under the threat of a safety car, and has to preserve tyres if he wants to start from P1 on restart). Don't take this chart as gospel, it's meant for the casual audience. Just like the 'minimum speed' graphic being considered the holy grail of a corner by F1tv.

[SilviuAgo]

So the rocket ship changed the garage.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G4Dtr6BWIAA ... name=large

To notice that last McLaren performance update for MCL39 was in Spa, so 7 races ago.

This chart by F1tv is childish, it doesn't take into account 'mistakes' made by drivers, it doesn't take into account 'pace management' by leader (because he is always under the threat of a safety car, and has to preserve tyres if he wants to start from P1 on restart). Don't take this chart as gospel, it's meant for the casual audience. Just like the 'minimum speed' graphic being considered the holy grail of a corner by F1tv.

So the chart was right when MCL39 was fastest and all RBR fans saying McLaren has a rocketship but now is not accurate and needs to be taken with caution? C'mon. The idea is that now RBR21 is the fastest car on track.