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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.
If upgrades make them 4th fastest on every track and they start somewhat catching Redbull, then he MIGHT stay.
I wouldn't get too excited about Hungary if I were you. We already know there's no quick fix, Renault, Haas, FI are pulling away. There's too much ground to make up.
Listening to that radio it's incredible, to say something "soft". The car evolution is almost "flat" and the impression from outside is that they're testing witthout knowing very well what are they doing. Team strategy taking bad decisions, Vandoorn's car with a mistery problem that they can't find, and Renault PU again quite far from Merc. and Ferrari in that no-catch game.M840TR wrote: ↑22 Jul 2018, 21:37Alonso told the team the track is dry and questioned their strategy on radio but they pitted him anyway without even asking him about track conditions. Insanity.
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We'l know the upgrades' worth in quali but they were more or less 4th fastest in Spain and Monaco so the track should suit them. However Spa and Monza will be painful; on top of the horsepower deficit they run a huge rear wing and loose so much on the straights which is basically what 70% of those tracks are.Ground Effect wrote: ↑22 Jul 2018, 22:47I wouldn't get too excited about Hungary if I were you. We already know there's no quick fix, Renault, Haas, FI are pulling away. There's too much ground to make up.
Yeah, that's true, Hungary should be considerably better. Let's hope they're working towards solutions towards Spa & Monza, because like you said, it'll be painful with their current issuesM840TR wrote: ↑22 Jul 2018, 23:15We'l know the upgrades' worth in quali but they were more or less 4th fastest in Spain and Monaco so the track should suit them. However Spa and Monza will be painful; on top of the horsepower deficit they run a huge rear wing and loose so much on the straights which is basically what 70% of those tracks are.Ground Effect wrote: ↑22 Jul 2018, 22:47I wouldn't get too excited about Hungary if I were you. We already know there's no quick fix, Renault, Haas, FI are pulling away. There's too much ground to make up.
They might even end up 7th in WCC if car doesn't get considerably faster. We're talking 0.8 sec gap to Renault.Ground Effect wrote: ↑22 Jul 2018, 23:48Yeah, that's true, Hungary should be considerably better. Let's hope they're working towards solutions towards Spa & Monza, because like you said, it'll be painful with their current issuesM840TR wrote: ↑22 Jul 2018, 23:15We'l know the upgrades' worth in quali but they were more or less 4th fastest in Spain and Monaco so the track should suit them. However Spa and Monza will be painful; on top of the horsepower deficit they run a huge rear wing and loose so much on the straights which is basically what 70% of those tracks are.Ground Effect wrote: ↑22 Jul 2018, 22:47
I wouldn't get too excited about Hungary if I were you. We already know there's no quick fix, Renault, Haas, FI are pulling away. There's too much ground to make up.
It was not a matter of opinions or data. McLaren, similar to Red Bull with Verstappen, made a bet. They did bet rain would come, no matter what the weather reports were.