2019 Mclaren F1 Team - Renault

[Ground Effect]

At this rate, the Sainz/Verstappen incident will require its own thread.

[the EDGE]

At this rate, the Sainz/Verstappen incident will require its own thread.

Good idea as it serves no purpose being in the McLaren team thread does it

Racing incident... move on

[max_speed]

I guess after a while sainz got chance to have a duel with verstappen and got excited a bit. As rosberg said, i guess sainz will learn his lesson. Lets move on.

My another worry is renault. I feel engine reliability might hurt mclaren's speed of bringing updates. We need a fix from renault asap.

[M840TR]

I guess after a while sainz got chance to have a duel with verstappen and got excited a bit. As rosberg said, i guess sainz will learn his lesson. Lets move on.

My another worry is renault. I feel engine reliability might hurt mclaren's speed of bringing updates. We need a fix from renault asap.

They'll bring upgrades regardless but it would definitely hurt their WCC position. Although, the Mgu-K fix is on both Mcl34s and Renault did significantly upgrade their facility recently at Viry which should help them with better simulation and quicken upgrades/mitigations; so there's that.

[mclaren111]

Joe Saward:

Other changes are afoot at McLaren with the news that John Allert, the chief marketing officer of the McLaren Group, is now doing a new role with the Bahrain–Merida Pro Cycling Team, which is now half-owned by the McLaren company. There is a new chief commercial officer at McLaren in Mark Waller, A British executive who worked with big companies such as Gallaher and Guinness before joining the NFL in 2005 to develop the US football league’s international business. One presumes that his job is to bring cash into the F1 team.

Not much left for Zak to do...

[Ground Effect]

I guess after a while sainz got chance to have a duel with verstappen and got excited a bit. As rosberg said, i guess sainz will learn his lesson. Lets move on.

My another worry is renault. I feel engine reliability might hurt mclaren's speed of bringing updates. We need a fix from renault asap.

They'll bring upgrades regardless but it would definitely hurt their WCC position. Although, the Mgu-K fix is on both Mcl34s and Renault did significantly upgrade their facility recently at Viry which should help them with better simulation and quicken upgrades/mitigations; so there's that.

Thanks for that, wasn't aware the fix was on Lando's car as well, I was worried he's was a ticking time bomb. Is there any info on the consequences of said fix? i.e has performance of the component been dialled back a bit?

[mclaren111]

https://www.grandprix247.com/2019/04/03 ... d-mclaren/


Nice article on Zak & Mclaren for a change...

[M840TR]

I guess after a while sainz got chance to have a duel with verstappen and got excited a bit. As rosberg said, i guess sainz will learn his lesson. Lets move on.

My another worry is renault. I feel engine reliability might hurt mclaren's speed of bringing updates. We need a fix from renault asap.

They'll bring upgrades regardless but it would definitely hurt their WCC position. Although, the Mgu-K fix is on both Mcl34s and Renault did significantly upgrade their facility recently at Viry which should help them with better simulation and quicken upgrades/mitigations; so there's that.

Thanks for that, wasn't aware the fix was on Lando's car as well, I was worried he's was a ticking time bomb. Is there any info on the consequences of said fix? i.e has performance of the component been dialled back a bit?

We probably won't get such a key piece of info but the speed-traps suggest all is good.

[RonDennis]

https://www.grandprix247.com/2019/04/03 ... d-mclaren/


Nice article on Zak & Mclaren for a change...

I have never understood the hate for Zak Brown. Made no sense at all, since the mess was caused by Dennis, Boullier and Whitmarsh.

Joe Saward:

Other changes are afoot at McLaren with the news that John Allert, the chief marketing officer of the McLaren Group, is now doing a new role with the Bahrain–Merida Pro Cycling Team, which is now half-owned by the McLaren company. There is a new chief commercial officer at McLaren in Mark Waller, A British executive who worked with big companies such as Gallaher and Guinness before joining the NFL in 2005 to develop the US football league’s international business. One presumes that his job is to bring cash into the F1 team.

Not much left for Zak to do...

Zak Brown is the CEO, so I expect he has a lot to do.

[mclaren111]

Joke... He will have his hands full...

[Capharol]

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mcla ... ontent=www

McLaren thinks it is too much to expect it to be able to regularly battle Red Bull from now on, despite its promising performance in the Bahrain Grand Prix.

[mwillems]

I guess after a while sainz got chance to have a duel with verstappen and got excited a bit. As rosberg said, i guess sainz will learn his lesson. Lets move on.

My another worry is renault. I feel engine reliability might hurt mclaren's speed of bringing updates. We need a fix from renault asap.

They'll bring upgrades regardless but it would definitely hurt their WCC position. Although, the Mgu-K fix is on both Mcl34s and Renault did significantly upgrade their facility recently at Viry which should help them with better simulation and quicken upgrades/mitigations; so there's that.

I guess that if they lose a front wing or several parts of the body get fire damage, their build capacity will be eaten up by ensuring they have adequate spares for a race.

[M840TR]

I guess after a while sainz got chance to have a duel with verstappen and got excited a bit. As rosberg said, i guess sainz will learn his lesson. Lets move on.

My another worry is renault. I feel engine reliability might hurt mclaren's speed of bringing updates. We need a fix from renault asap.

They'll bring upgrades regardless but it would definitely hurt their WCC position. Although, the Mgu-K fix is on both Mcl34s and Renault did significantly upgrade their facility recently at Viry which should help them with better simulation and quicken upgrades/mitigations; so there's that.

I guess that if they lose a front wing or several parts of the body get fire damage, their build capacity will be eaten up by ensuring they have adequate spares for a race.

Probably have several spares by now.

[M840TR]

Norris Bahrain start - Lap 5 Onboard. Car's a monster in exit & braking. Not a good launch though. I've noticed he doesn't move around as much during the formation lap to warm up the tyres; maybe it's because of that.

https://streamable.com/88ne1

[BosF1]

Norris Bahrain start - Lap 5 Onboard. Car's a monster in exit & braking. Not a good launch though. I've noticed he doesn't move around as much during the formation lap to warm up the tyres; maybe it's because of that.

https://streamable.com/88ne1

Thanks for the link. Really enjoyed watching it.

And that pass on Gasly is absolutely superb! No way that Gasly anticipated a move like that on the outside in turn 4. I have to keep telling myself that this guy is a rookie and I can't expect too much from him on his first year, but boy has he got talent! I remember only a few rookies that impressed me this much in the last few decades, and one of them is a current five time world champion.