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More details about McLaren's technical leadership changes are becoming public as it has now become clear that Toro Rosso's highly valued technical director, James Key, is set to join McLaren in the same role.
Hilarious!!!
Pretty sure they did 1:19s in Winter testing. We should be looking for 1:17sNuvolari wrote: ↑10 May 2018, 13:44I think we're about to see if McLaren's qualifying pace last year from Fernando was genuine or one of those magical Alonso moments.
Apart from Baku, McLaren have found an average of 2 seconds improvement in qualifying pace over last year's car (1.5%). Provided the new parts work as intended, I think the fastest McLaren should be able to do a 1:19.5 at least. If it's anything less, then last year's qualifying was a complete outlier from Alonso.
You're right that we saw 19s in the pre-season test, but times are almost always slower in the actual race weekend. 17s is a pretty big pace improvement compared to races so far. It's possible due to the smoother track, I suppose. And there was a pretty big improvement in race pace as well in the tests?diffuser wrote: ↑10 May 2018, 15:06Pretty sure they did 1:19s in Winter testing. We should be looking for 1:17sNuvolari wrote: ↑10 May 2018, 13:44I think we're about to see if McLaren's qualifying pace last year from Fernando was genuine or one of those magical Alonso moments.
Apart from Baku, McLaren have found an average of 2 seconds improvement in qualifying pace over last year's car (1.5%). Provided the new parts work as intended, I think the fastest McLaren should be able to do a 1:19.5 at least. If it's anything less, then last year's qualifying was a complete outlier from Alonso.
At least wait and see what rolls out of the pit lane on Friday and Saturday. It's too early to judge
He did with the pink stint if I remember correctly, (tell me if it wasn't).
Who said they haven't delivered the upgrades? You realise they haven't even shown the car in Barcelona yet,right? They bring both old and new so they can run comparisons. You may as well criticise their quali performance on Saturday now while you're at it.FW17 wrote: ↑10 May 2018, 15:26McLaren does not have the same sea re to win as Ferrari does. bad performance can only take you so far before heads has to start rolling.
You need say BS car was media invention, they themselves came out said new car in Australia then Spain. If you are not going to deliver keep your mouth shut rather than fool fans.
I might be crazy but Jensen says the same
https://www.express.co.uk/sport/f1-auto ... ton-Vettel
yes but it was in freezing conditions. the harder tyres will suit the warmer weather much better and might be able to extract similar performanceronanharris09 wrote: ↑10 May 2018, 16:18He did with the pink stint if I remember correctly, (tell me if it wasn't).
