2018 McLaren F1 Team - Renault

[mclaren111]

F................k

Hope tomorrow is better.

[bonjon1979]

I think anyone who watched the Mclaren Doc an amazon would say that the team seemed to be pretty chaotic

Fixed that for you.

I'd rather you didn't. Regardless of the engine issues, there were constant references made by the Mclaren management how behind they were. They admitted themselves that they had never seen the place as chaotic as it was. Just rewatch it to see or continue to deny facts. Up to you.

[lio007]

here's a video:
[media]https://twitter.com/Diego_G_Alonso/stat ... 1930109954[/media]

[bauc]

Engine just shout down under braking, another battery failure?

[RonDennis]

Engine just shout down under braking, another battery failure?

Battery failure because of high temperatures. I wouldn't be surprised. The first thing that I thought damn those sidepods and the airbox are very small.

[JonoNic]

Unexpected breakdowns? Maybe they are working to get rid of Brown and invite Dennis back?

Like a bad season of 24... teet teet teet teet... 01:02

[Alonso Fan]

Loss of hydraulic pressure

Edit: looks like everyone missed this

[cyclon]

Engine just shout down under braking, another battery failure?

Battery failure because of high temperatures. I wouldn't be surprised. The first thing that I thought damn those sidepods and the airbox are very small.

https://www.formula1.com/content/fom-we ... 6.high.jpg

https://www.racefans.net/wp-content/upl ... 880245.jpg

https://gotmdm.com/sport/wp-content/upl ... 45x630.jpg

If so, then the whole year is destroyed but i don't think they overlooked something so obvious and fundamental....

[RonDennis]

Engine just shout down under braking, another battery failure?

Battery failure because of high temperatures. I wouldn't be surprised. The first thing that I thought damn those sidepods and the airbox are very small.

https://www.formula1.com/content/fom-we ... 6.high.jpg

https://www.racefans.net/wp-content/upl ... 880245.jpg

https://gotmdm.com/sport/wp-content/upl ... 45x630.jpg

If so, then the whole year is destroyed but i don't think they overlooked something so obvious and fundamental....

The whole year isn't destroyed, this is what's testing for. I'm pretty sure they tested their cooling, but some situations you can't just simulate, especially if you're pushing the limits.

[BrunoH]

its obviouly the heat thats melting everything... cant be that the works team does not know how big in liters of ir is needed to cool, but mclaren knows they can with far less...

[RonDennis]

Maybe it's time for McLaren to stop talking so much about the fact that they can finally start racing again.

[RonDennis]

Looks like Verstappen has halted at the first corner.

Why do you post RBR news here?

Wrong topic.

[Jolle]

You simply can't not laugh about it.

I can because I am not petty like some people. I don't revel in the failures of others.

That being said me thinks you are all being a little aggressive about McLaren in the preseason test.

Moving to a new PU has issues for most teams.

In 2014 Red Bull WON RACES and their test was a complete and utter shambles. They were cutting holes, drilling, didn't fit the PU to the car until the actual test, had cooling issues etc, fuel flow issues etc. and that was when they were the "de facto" works team.

Have to agree with this. The fact that Toro Rosso hasn't had any problems so far isn't the norm but rather surprising

in 2014 McLaren had the best PU and only managed a podium at one race, because, basically, everybody failed to finish.

[cyclon]

Any news about the stoppage?

[bauc]

Any news about the stoppage?

Loss of hydraulic pressure