Gil de Ferran confirmed as much in an interview this week that McLaren have a sub-optimal gear ratio selection in the car that is limiting them on long straights.Does anyone have a comparison of gear ratios run by the Renault PU users?
There is talk of McLaren getting it wron, but I don't recall seeing a comparison.
Given what we've been hearing about getting a completely new gearbox design next year I don't think it's much of a stretch to say that the current Gearbox, and possibly even the ratio selection, was meant for the Honda PU and they didn't have enough time pre-season to optimize the package for the Renault PU.
So the question becomes how many tenths is that leaving on the table by itself?