2026 McLaren Mastercard F1 Team

[Def]

[SilviuAgo]

From this Rake comparison, McLaren is looking like a car that do not need cooling

[SilviuAgo]

[Mcl_G10]

Forget turkey teeth.....we have turkey tyres.

[Darth-Piekus]

Piastri did a time close to Norris's with the C2.

[Ground Effect]

Looks like a decent stint on the C2 tyre for Oscar.

[McFAN]

[Xero]

Piastri did a time close to Norris's with the C2.

I think Lando did his time on the C2 too, so it's good confirmation.

[mwillems]

From this Rake comparison, McLaren is looking like a car that do not need cooling

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HBbIRDWawAA ... =4096x4096

It's about 21c, so the oddity is probably just how much cooling others are using.
The electrical system would generate ton of heat but I'm surprised if they need that much by way of outlets, how will they cope in 40c heat??

[Darth-Piekus]

Piastri just did the fastest time of testing so far with the C3.

[McFAN]

Piastri did a time close to Norris's with the C2.

I think Lando did his time on the C2 too, so it's good confirmation.

According to F1debrief Lando's time was set on the prototype tyre which are C3 I think.

[De Wet]

From this Rake comparison, McLaren is looking like a car that do not need cooling

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HBbIRDWawAA ... =4096x4096

It's about 21c, so the oddity is probably just how much cooling others are using.
The electrical system would generate ton of heat but I'm surprised if they need that much by way of outlets, how will they cope in 40c heat??

How many races are that hot ? Hungary and ?

[Darth-Piekus]

Is the Prototype C3 tyre faster than the normal C3 where we did our time?

[bauc]

Is the Prototype C3 tyre faster than the normal C3 where we did our time?

Nobody knows that, this needs to be confirmed by the teams, thus the tests are done, on speed, reliability and drivability of the new tire.

[Darth-Piekus]

In the meantime I think Skysports is misinformed. The latest Piastri qualifying lap they showed that he was using C4 but the color of the tyres was the yellow of the C3.