daren_p wrote: ↑04 May 2017, 18:51
Don't recall anything recently but at one point when Alonso had updates that Stoff didn't at one race, they had mentioned Stoff had the updates for the next race. At Russia they both appeared to be the same, seems so far this year Alonso has got the aero updates first if there is only one set available, but the other car normally has the same updates the next race.
Thanks, I've been wondering how Mclaren has been choosing to use their time this season. I'd guess they have more opportunities to experiment/test (and to further extremes) than they typically would.
It feels to me that I see so little PR from Mclaren over race weekend that I don't have a good understanding of their 2017 developmental plan (or lack thereof). On the one hand, I assume the team could take each chassis in a developmentally different direction to make the best use of their time, but maybe that's unnecessary or not cost-effective for them at this point.
And then Boullier's comments about not knowing the reasons behind successful Bahrain testing makes me wonder if they don't have a stable enough foundation to begin making dramatic changes.
Of course at some level PU limitations come into play, just curious about how they're making the best use of their time + money working around that issue at present.
