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Renault Sport Racing and McLaren Racing are pleased to announce they have agreed an engine supply partnership for the 2018, 2019 and 2020 seasons. The deal will see Renault Sport Racing supply McLaren with Formula 1 power units, while also establishing a close working relationship with McLaren’s engineers and technicians.
No dashcam and the mobile was out of hand but too funny not to share, still make me sill!! The P1 was white and what an ass it hashemichromis wrote:Hope you caught that on your dashcam!
To be fair the reporter was asking the question in a confrontational manner. Good on Hasegawa for shutting him down.
I hope you didn't miss a temporary speed limit...or joke could be on you [/joking]Redragon wrote:I couldn't stop laughing today on the M5 when I passed with my Honda Civic 2002 at 70 mph a Mclaren P1 driving just a 50 mph, the Irony moment!
GoranF1 wrote:"The Mercedes looks pretty reasonable on the soft tyres - still moving and with more understeer than the Ferrari - but not so good on the medium tyre, just no grip.
"Through that complex, the McLaren never looked good. Alonso couldn't get hard on the throttle out of Turn 2 - the car just starts moving - and I never saw him go into Turn 3 flat on the throttle.
"He's either having to lift big time beforehand, or just as he's coming into the corner. It's not understeer, just a lack of grip.
"McLaren can't really complain about Honda's engine, because there are still horses left in there that they're not using at the minute. It looks OK on the very softest tyres, but on softs and mediums - the most relevant tyres for this track - it's just not there."
McLaren's issues are not confined to the first complex, either.
"Up at Turn 9, the same thing," Anderson adds. "The Ferrari can commit properly on the way in, with barely a lift off the throttle. The McLaren can't do that. Obviously I don't know what the fuel loads are, but if Alonso doesn't lift and slow the car down on the way into the corner significantly, it won't go round properly. It doesn't look like it's got a horrendous balance problem, but it does look like it's got a grip problem.
"The Sauber is not a good chassis - that's one end of the scale. The Ferrari is at the other end of the scale. At the very best the McLaren is in the middle - and that would be giving it a pat on the back.
"I don't know how many McLaren people have been around the track, but I've been around it a few times, and I've never seen a McLaren driver able to commit. It's visible in both sound and vision."
go and check De la Rosa, Horner comments in test thread....this from Gary is good even compared to those comments.Macklaren wrote:GoranF1 wrote:"The Mercedes looks pretty reasonable on the soft tyres - still moving and with more understeer than the Ferrari - but not so good on the medium tyre, just no grip.
"Through that complex, the McLaren never looked good. Alonso couldn't get hard on the throttle out of Turn 2 - the car just starts moving - and I never saw him go into Turn 3 flat on the throttle.
"He's either having to lift big time beforehand, or just as he's coming into the corner. It's not understeer, just a lack of grip.
"McLaren can't really complain about Honda's engine, because there are still horses left in there that they're not using at the minute. It looks OK on the very softest tyres, but on softs and mediums - the most relevant tyres for this track - it's just not there."
McLaren's issues are not confined to the first complex, either.
"Up at Turn 9, the same thing," Anderson adds. "The Ferrari can commit properly on the way in, with barely a lift off the throttle. The McLaren can't do that. Obviously I don't know what the fuel loads are, but if Alonso doesn't lift and slow the car down on the way into the corner significantly, it won't go round properly. It doesn't look like it's got a horrendous balance problem, but it does look like it's got a grip problem.
"The Sauber is not a good chassis - that's one end of the scale. The Ferrari is at the other end of the scale. At the very best the McLaren is in the middle - and that would be giving it a pat on the back.
"I don't know how many McLaren people have been around the track, but I've been around it a few times, and I've never seen a McLaren driver able to commit. It's visible in both sound and vision."
How does he know that this is because of the limits of the chassis and not the driver babying the g-forces on the engine?