2019 Mclaren F1 Team - Renault

[FittingMechanics]

Ferrari and Mercedes probably still haven't went full bananas though, assuming McLaren went full bananas today (it did seem to break something).
Maybe we will see the top teams have a real go by the end of this test.

Not sticking up for that journalist, but I wouldn't be so sure. She's obviously just another person with a prediction pulled out of thin air that could be right or wrong.

I'm sure Mercedes has a lot more pace then they showed. Ferrari doesn't seem like it was hiding that much, but they didn't do any proper qualy sims that would put them ahead of the rest of the pack. I'd say that Mercedes is still the team to beat, with Ferrari close behind while RB in my opinion is further behind than last year.

About the journalist, I am sure that she heard couple of guys talking out of their ass, like Gary Anderson and his "eye" that predicts downforce and handling while completely ignoring multitude various variables that can influence it. To say on Day 1 or 2 that McLaren is 2 seconds off where they wanted to be is silly, I'm quite confident that even McLaren didn't know their true pace at that moment so my problem is when people appeal to authority but in fact are throwing out baseless speculation like the rest of us. She mentioned "engineers" on the trackside that used "data", while it probably was Gary Anderson using his downforce vision .

[Ground Effect]

Anybody got the long runs timings?

[FittingMechanics]

Anybody got the long runs timings?

Soymotor releases data usually day later. Not sure if timing issues will affect this, but hopefully a Spanish site can get their data from the location itself.

[RonDennis]

McLaren hasn't gone faster than last year, in fact its roughly the same lap time Alonso laid down on his glory lap, and qualifying last year. So we know at least the MCL34 is as fast as last year's car. It has already matched the best the MCL33 could do. This is good, it means they can only improve from here. 16's may not be possible for them but even if low 17's are possible its a clear step forward from last year.

It's already a major step with the introduction of the new FW.

[ALO_Power]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJADt7rvW-o

In this video they say C5 again, so which tire was used? Pirelli says C4 so personally I believe that.

[nirvaand]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJADt7rvW-o

In this video they say C5 again, so which tire was used? Pirelli says C4 so personally I believe that.

Lando confirmed it was the C4's on his Instagram. He replied to a comment on his latest post.

[_cerber1]

Anybody got the long runs timings?

Yesterday I fixed one long series, 21-33 circle. But I do not know what kind of rubber he was on.
21-22,691
22-22,484
23-22,872
24-23,231
25-23,493
26-23,826
27-24,606
28-24,427
29-25,058
30-25,143
31-25,045
32-25,291
33-24,906

[M840TR]

Sainz just did a 1:18.878 on C3.

[_cerber1]

What a nice picture.

[marvin78]

What a nice picture.

https://radikal.ru

Why is that?

[bauc]

Sainz just did a 1:18.878 on C3.

I'm guessing they are starting to unlock performance with better set-up as visually I don't see anything different on the car compared to week 1.

[FittingMechanics]

"09:52 He is in the second sector too. Another McLaren glory run in the offing?"

Autosport. How annoying. Glory run on C3 tires. Yes guys, that's what they are doing, they don't have things to do, like testing aero parts and correlation?

[_cerber1]

Why is that?

Carlos purple.

[M840TR]

"09:52 He is in the second sector too. Another McLaren glory run in the offing?"

Autosport. How annoying. Glory run on C3 tires. Yes guys, that's what they are doing, they don't have things to do, like testing aero parts and correlation?

Verstappen and Vettel did the same as well.

[M840TR]

Sainz just did a 1:18.878 on C3.

I'm guessing they are starting to unlock performance with better set-up as visually I don't see anything different on the car compared to week 1.

Lando did say they improved the car on week 1, "specially on long runs".