McLaren - 'We are not where we want to be'

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mep
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Take a look at this testing times

http://www.f1total.com/tests/zeiten.php?id=540

Rekord (Cars 2006): K. Räikkönen, McLaren-Mercedes MP4-21,

1:09.976

They show there pace now.

tetopelis
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Joined: 27 Jan 2003, 12:47
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wow...really impressive times..and no mechenical glitches of such..its liek they pulled it out or no where. perhaps they have been sand bagging all this time?..but my honest opinion..MP4-21 chassis is probably aredynamically the best chassis on the grid by far..the engine well..thats thier boggie..but it seems that they are moving in the right direction.
being a mclaren fan i'm seriously overjoyed to see this...but then again..this is preseason testing and i don't want to read into anything. we will not know how competitve each team is until we reach Bahrin.
here is a question...if i'm not mistaken valencia is a more twisty curcuit..so could it be that the demands of this curcuit is playing into Mclarens chassis strength??
perhaps we'd find out next week if they really did pull out a magic solution outta the bag as all are testing in barcelona...with 2 long straights and a fast corner track
" If you want to win, get a Finn" - Hakkinen

tetopelis
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oh just noticed this...there seems to be gills on the top of the engine cover..could this be that the engine is running rather hot..or is it becos winter is ending?...so as the weather gets hotter the teams adopt more cooling methods?
" If you want to win, get a Finn" - Hakkinen

manchild
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Another blown engine?

http://www.f1technical.net/news/1864

(transmission problems officialy... again :roll: )