2018 McLaren F1 Team - Renault

[GoranF1]

At the moment Mercedes Ferarri and Mclaren all out on track, i am afraid MCL33 can not follow their pace...always about 2 sec off, lets see if that changes

[bauc]

At the moment Mercedes Ferarri and Mclaren all out on track, i am afraid MCL33 can not follow their pace...always about 2 sec off, lets see if that changes

We are 20 sec off the real pace, every team doing its own program....Come on, be real

[GoranF1]

At the moment Mercedes Ferarri and Mclaren all out on track, i am afraid MCL33 can not follow their pace...always about 2 sec off, lets see if that changes

We are 20 sec off the real pace, every team doing its own program....Come on, be real

I am talking about what Alonso was talking about on day 1.....same time same length and condition on track....it seems Vandorne has a bit more fuel as he started later but it seams they are on similar srategies write now.

[kaepernickus]

At the moment Mercedes Ferarri and Mclaren all out on track, i am afraid MCL33 can not follow their pace...always about 2 sec off, lets see if that changes

... and that's worth exactly nothing. This is testing.

[Postmoe]

At the moment Mercedes Ferarri and Mclaren all out on track, i am afraid MCL33 can not follow their pace...always about 2 sec off, lets see if that changes

In a clear 3rd position. It is clear to me, as it is to you, the Mclaren is the third chasis. Now we only need to blame Renault for those 2 secs

[makecry]

At the moment Mercedes Ferarri and Mclaren all out on track, i am afraid MCL33 can not follow their pace...always about 2 sec off, lets see if that changes

I mean c'mon it might be true but how do you know that it's representative?

[Squid]

Every team runs at the speed they need to run for their own purposes, it's not a dick measuring contest. Why go faster than you need to, in tricky conditions, and risk losing precious time because you beached or wrecked the car?

[GoranF1]

At the moment Mercedes Ferarri and Mclaren all out on track, i am afraid MCL33 can not follow their pace...always about 2 sec off, lets see if that changes

In a clear 3rd position. It is clear to me, as it is to you, the Mclaren is the third chasis. Now we only need to blame Renault for those 2 secs

At the time Ferrari could answer Mercedes times no problem, Mclaren not but it was clearly faster than Renault, there was no RB on track.
It means little i know just saying.

[BrunoH]

doing laps it whats more important for Mclaren... and thank good they are doing i ok today

i think because of the lack of running they will leave performance tests for the last 2 days of second test...

[nokivasara]

What I want: five teams winning races in 2018.
What will happen: two teams dominating 2018.

I think the top 3 are too far ahead, with RedBull ever so close behind Merc and Ferrari. Or rather at the same level.
But behind them it's going to be very tight, I hope Mclaren and Renault can get some podiums here and there but can't really hope for more than that for 2018.
Oh and FI won't give up their spot easily either, it'll be an interesting season behind the top 3 for sure!!

It's way too early to predictions, lets wait this couple of weeks and we will see what is what. (Or at least we will have better clues).

You're right, but it's winter, all we have is predictions and hopes

[RonDennis]

[media]https://twitter.com/ED_Thatch/status/968890794085101568[/media]

[Avocado]

Fantastic day for the team!

[cyclon]

Fantastic day for the team!

https://i.imgur.com/Ohhiljg.jpg

Good days are coming ! It's so obvious !

[dr_cooke]

About running so much on Hypers. could it be that McL is betting on xtreme tyre saving setup for this season? I mean, as if they would try to go softer than anybody else on real races...

[the EDGE]

I am quite sure these holes where there from day 1 ...

Okay, this Marca site is not that reliable then. Thanks for the heads up.

Marca is reporting on their live stream that various solutions for cooling internally were tested yesterday and they might have found a solution for now.

I still think the whole saga was nothing more than speculative BS, and now their just back tracking because they got it wrong