2016 McLaren F1 Team - Honda

[Goran2812]

why so little laps for mcl today?

[GoranF1]

why so little laps for mcl today?

Button is changing ICE already...switching to older spec.....i guess thay wanted to take it easy whit new TC

[Sayeman]

What happened with Button's car? PU failure? What caused the smoke

[GoranF1]

What happened with Button's car? PU failure? What caused the smoke

they overfilled engine oil...they also overfilled hydrulic fluid on Alonso car in fp1

[RicME85]

I thought they put the new TC on the old PU?

[McG]

Most things I read here recently are making me think McLaren are on a good path. Honda might have failed last year but the progress seems almost clear.

[ME4ME]

Mclaren-Honda are making progress compared to their immediate competitors. Toro Rosso does not get any PU upgrades, so on that front every Honda upgrade will make a difference.

The chassis seems to work very well, but I wonder if they aren't over-doing things with all these front wing iterations. It seems they are manufacturing wings for each marginal step they can see in the wind tunnel, but resource-efficiency wise that cannot be optimal.

Especially with 2017 in mind, they should be careful how they spend resources. If the chassis really is as good as Boullier says it is, they should ramp-down aero development in my opinion, focus on 2017, and let Honda be responsible for further in-season progress. Also Mclaren has some tyre warm-up issues to deal with, so they'd better spend resources on that.

[rscsr]

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The chassis seems to work very well, but I wonder if they aren't over-doing things with all these front wing iterations. It seems they are manufacturing wings for each marginal step they can see in the wind tunnel, but resource-efficiency wise that cannot be optimal.
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The costs from a manufacturing perspective will be negligible. They need the person who produces the carbon work anyway and the carbon fibre itself costs comparatively nothing. Their manufacturing costs are pretty much fixed anyway when they produce the parts themselves. And therefore it would not be smart not to make use of new knowledge. And McLaren should have a strong enough aero department to actually find improvements.

[trinidefender]

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/hulke ... 76689/?s=1

[GoranF1]

1:16.276-Q2-2015
1:14:8- FP3 2016

[OviJohn]

1:16.276-Q2-2015
1:14:8- FP3 2016

Yet some people will keep insisting on how bad team is doing and how they cant see any "decent" progress from the team...

12 more tokens left and we´re only on round 7. =D>

#BelieveinMclarenHonda

[GoranF1]

1:16.276-Q2-2015
1:14:8- FP3 2016

Yet some people will keep insisting on how bad team is doing and how they cant see any "decent" progress from the team...

12 more tokens left and we´re only on round 7. =D>

#BelieveinMclarenHonda

strange session for Mclaren....good position,good time but by far slowest on back straight and Alonso only one in top 10 on SS tyre.

[ollandos]

i think make set up with one eye on weather for race and other on car....if its wet can match others on sector 3

[Sayeman]

Honda power propels Alonso to Q3...Good Job.

[mrluke]

Congrats to Honda, more competitive at this power circuit than at Monaco