2026 McLaren Mastercard F1 Team

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Fun to see McLaren being high on lap count. 72 for Piastri this morning, only Lawson (83) and Russel (78) have more.

From my sporadic live timing watch, looked like Piastri struggled more to nail a fast lap. He would start on new tires mediums or hards and then abandon in S1 or S2. I also think I saw him go wide at T9/T10, obviously on live timing you don't really see but his minisector was missing and there was a yellow flag after he came through. He also didn't really do quali runs, usually he would do a fast lap and then recharge and continue on a longer run (10ish laps).

Lando didn't seem to have these issues yesterday, at least looking at the live timing I didn't see it as often.

If the data is accurate, Piastri did not use softs this morning so we'll probably get 2-3 quali runs in the afternoon.

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Has Piastri done a race simulation yet?

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McLaren and Mercedes allegedly working together to try catch up in the deployment area

https://x.com/motorsportivehq/status/20 ... 02125?s=46

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Apparently PIA is struggling a lot with the wind.

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Will the test next week be fully televised?

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Not sure who is pushing and who is not but Piastri seems to be struggling in terms of doing a qualy lap.

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McLarenMor wrote:
13 Feb 2026, 15:04
Will the test next week be fully televised?
Yes.

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McLarenMor wrote:
13 Feb 2026, 15:04
Will the test next week be fully televised?
Yes

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Darth-Piekus wrote:
13 Feb 2026, 15:06
Not sure who is pushing and who is not but Piastri seems to be struggling in terms of doing a qualy lap.
He just set his fastest lap of the session a 1:35.3 but without any "green" mini sectors,
So doesn't seem to be chasing laptime,
Could also be struggling with the conditions though.

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McFAN wrote:
13 Feb 2026, 15:12
Darth-Piekus wrote:
13 Feb 2026, 15:06
Not sure who is pushing and who is not but Piastri seems to be struggling in terms of doing a qualy lap.
He just set his fastest lap of the session a 1:35.3 but without any "green" mini sectors,
So doesn't seem to be chasing laptime,
Could also be struggling with the conditions though.
He's now gone quicker, 1:34.721

Edit: Now 1:34.549
Q: (Stefano Mancini – La Stampa) Kimi, will you help Vettel to win his championship this year?
Kimi Raikkonen: I can only drive one car, obviously. 
@2018 Singapore Grand Prix drivers press conference.

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Ground Effect wrote:
13 Feb 2026, 15:38
McFAN wrote:
13 Feb 2026, 15:12
Darth-Piekus wrote:
13 Feb 2026, 15:06
Not sure who is pushing and who is not but Piastri seems to be struggling in terms of doing a qualy lap.
He just set his fastest lap of the session a 1:35.3 but without any "green" mini sectors,
So doesn't seem to be chasing laptime,
Could also be struggling with the conditions though.
He's now gone quicker, 1:34.721

Edit: Now 1:34.549
Yeah
I was looking at the live timing and he seemed to be missing a mini sector in S2 in both those laps
Not sure what to make of it

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Still I think an impressive lap with such an old tyre.

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Darth-Piekus wrote:
13 Feb 2026, 15:52
Still I think an impressive lap with such an old tyre.
Might have been a new soft

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McFAN wrote:
13 Feb 2026, 15:54
Darth-Piekus wrote:
13 Feb 2026, 15:52
Still I think an impressive lap with such an old tyre.
Might have been a new soft
I think I I was, new softs as you said.
Q: (Stefano Mancini – La Stampa) Kimi, will you help Vettel to win his championship this year?
Kimi Raikkonen: I can only drive one car, obviously. 
@2018 Singapore Grand Prix drivers press conference.

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Looks like Oscar is doing high 1:40's- low 1:41's, appears to be on softs still. Maybe starting a race sim?
Q: (Stefano Mancini – La Stampa) Kimi, will you help Vettel to win his championship this year?
Kimi Raikkonen: I can only drive one car, obviously. 
@2018 Singapore Grand Prix drivers press conference.