Not even a livery compliment allowed after watching those fantastic pictures?Thunder wrote: ↑22 Mar 2018, 20:03Livery and Sponsor Discussion this Way Please viewtopic.php?f=15&t=26883
Not even a livery compliment allowed after watching those fantastic pictures?Thunder wrote: ↑22 Mar 2018, 20:03Livery and Sponsor Discussion this Way Please viewtopic.php?f=15&t=26883
Looks like no s-duct provisions at all at this moment, only driver cooling then? This is how it used to look:
Yeah I completely agree with you. I was excited to see their pace against RedBull, but it looks like they'll be quite slower.tranquility2k4 wrote: ↑23 Mar 2018, 18:42Where is McLarens big upgrade? Before the lauch of the car Peter Prod even said not to expect much at launch and that in AUS they would have an all new car based on 2 - 3 months of work. I expected almost a B spec car here, certainly lots of visible updates. It's very strange.
All I can think is due to the issues they had in testing it has been delayed - maybe the planned bodywork updates were not going to work and so they had to go back to the drawing board. Either way, a big shame really that McLaren are 1 sec or more off Red Bull with the same engine. Their car just looks way too basic, and apart from the very impressive packaging, and aggressive FW and RW is pretty dissapointing.
Just because there aren't any visible changes present doesn't mean that they didn't bring upgrades. They could have implemented a whole host of changes under the skin which we wouldn't see; such as improved thermal and internal flow management.Benii6 wrote: ↑23 Mar 2018, 19:18Yeah I completely agree with you. I was excited to see their pace against RedBull, but it looks like they'll be quite slower.tranquility2k4 wrote: ↑23 Mar 2018, 18:42Where is McLarens big upgrade? Before the lauch of the car Peter Prod even said not to expect much at launch and that in AUS they would have an all new car based on 2 - 3 months of work. I expected almost a B spec car here, certainly lots of visible updates. It's very strange.
All I can think is due to the issues they had in testing it has been delayed - maybe the planned bodywork updates were not going to work and so they had to go back to the drawing board. Either way, a big shame really that McLaren are 1 sec or more off Red Bull with the same engine. Their car just looks way too basic, and apart from the very impressive packaging, and aggressive FW and RW is pretty dissapointing.
Although I saw an interview in which Alonso said they'll rollout all their upgrades in the next couple (2-3) races. So there's that.
First of all: I don't think this is the right thread.tranquility2k4 wrote: ↑23 Mar 2018, 18:42Where is McLarens big upgrade? Before the lauch of the car Peter Prod even said not to expect much at launch and that in AUS they would have an all new car based on 2 - 3 months of work. I expected almost a B spec car here, certainly lots of visible updates. It's very strange.
All I can think is due to the issues they had in testing it has been delayed - maybe the planned bodywork updates were not going to work and so they had to go back to the drawing board. Either way, a big shame really that McLaren are 1 sec or more off Red Bull with the same engine. Their car just looks way too basic, and apart from the very impressive packaging, and aggressive FW and RW is pretty dissapointing.
that's actually their timing screen i think. i saw alonso touching it as if it was tablet.Jef Patat wrote: ↑23 Mar 2018, 09:27Looks like no s-duct provisions at all at this moment, only driver cooling then? This is how it used to look:
http://i.imgur.com/xFb4vOi.jpg