2018 McLaren F1 Team - Renault

[techman]

^ mclaren will have some competition from force india and renault in spain. hass seems to losing bit pace just like TR . small teams struggling to keep development coming

[makecry]

Any news about new technical officer (on the Goss place)?

Purely speculation on my part, but I find it convenient that Jorg Zander has suddenly left Sauber...

I thought exatcly the same thing. And Matt Morris also came from Sauber.

Won't he be subjected to gardening leave? His track record in F1 hasn't been anything exceptional, apart from Brawn and then with Audi in WEC.

[diffuser]

^ mclaren will have some competition from force india and renault in spain. hass seems to losing bit pace just like TR . small teams struggling to keep development coming

Yeah has nothing to do with the Honda PU....

[Ground Effect]

A bit off topic, Fernando's #8 Toyota won at Spa... He did say he would win in 2018... Congrats to him and the #8 car. Toyota actually secured a 1-2 finish, with the #7 car recovering well to finish 2nd.

[ALO_Power]

According to #AMuS the MCL33 B-Spec car that we will see in Barcelona will have: new deflectors under nose, new bargeboards, new engine cover, new floor, and new rear wing.

So not the long-awaited new nose?

[restless]

A bit off topic, Fernando's #8 Toyota won at Spa... He did say he would win in 2018... Congrats to him and the #8 car. Toyota actually secured a 1-2 finish, with the #7 car recovering well to finish 2nd.

Toyota has no competition in LMP1 this year. They are 2+sec/lap faster than privateers ...
A win is a win, but :/

[godlameroso]

He was on average a second a lap faster, look for yourself.

http://fiawec.alkamelsystems.com

[ALO_Power]

A bit off topic, Fernando's #8 Toyota won at Spa... He did say he would win in 2018... Congrats to him and the #8 car. Toyota actually secured a 1-2 finish, with the #7 car recovering well to finish 2nd.

Toyota has no competition in LMP1 this year. They are 2+sec/lap faster than privateers ...
A win is a win, but :/

Same in F1 from 2013 till 2016 mate. (not identical but you take the point)

[Chuckjr]

Anybody can win in a car that's 1+ seconds a lap faster than the field...just ask Nico and Lewis.

[adrianjordan]

Anybody can win in a car that's 1+ seconds a lap faster than the field...just ask Nico and Lewis.

Well, using Nico is a fair example. Lewis has won in cars that weren't the fastest as well though (2009 in particular springs to mind)...

[Joseki]

A bit off topic, Fernando's #8 Toyota won at Spa... He did say he would win in 2018... Congrats to him and the #8 car. Toyota actually secured a 1-2 finish, with the #7 car recovering well to finish 2nd.

Toyota has no competition in LMP1 this year. They are 2+sec/lap faster than privateers ...
A win is a win, but :/

Not really 2+ sec/lap faster in race conditions:



(we are a bit off topic )

[PlatinumZealot]

Anybody can win in a car that's 1+ seconds a lap faster than the field...just ask Nico and Lewis.

Stilll have to beat the sister car. That is the first rule no?

[GhostF1]

Anybody can win in a car that's 1+ seconds a lap faster than the field...just ask Nico and Lewis.

Stilll have to beat the sister car. That is the first rule no?

That is true but the sister car qualified 1st and was then penalised and started 1 lap down. So the result isn't particularly reflective, especially considering they somehow finished 2nd.

[604gtir]

Anybody can win in a car that's 1+ seconds a lap faster than the field...just ask Nico and Lewis.

Stilll have to beat the sister car. That is the first rule no?

That is true but the sister car qualified 1st and was then penalised and started 1 lap down. So the result isn't particularly reflective, especially considering they somehow finished 2nd.

3 safety cars and an extra pitstop for car 8 , nakajima's belts.

[godlameroso]

Car 7 seems to have an edge on pace, in car 8 Alonso is the fastest most consistent driver, I love how data makes the truth undisputed.