2019 Mclaren F1 Team - Renault

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Oh Carlos!
Q: (Stefano Mancini – La Stampa) Kimi, will you help Vettel to win his championship this year?
Kimi Raikkonen: I can only drive one car, obviously. 
@2018 Singapore Grand Prix drivers press conference.

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RonDennis wrote:
13 Jul 2019, 15:42
What happened with Sainz?
Slow all weekend...

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I have no idea. Unless he did a mistake he should have been easily in Q3.

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Ffs sainz

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The thing is that Sainz has to be more consistent as in one race he is fantastic and he is mediocre on the next. On another note Norris is the new Hamilton and hopefully the new Alonso.

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I think he got held up by GIO

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Darth-Piekus wrote:
13 Jul 2019, 15:43
I have no idea. Unless he did a mistake he should have been easily in Q3.
Easily? Norris was just about 2 tenths ahead. It's very close, being just a little bit compromised by traffic or a wind gust is enough to fall out of Q3.

It seems that the track is falling away, cars seem to be slowing down (Norris did a low 1:26 in Q1).

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Darth-Piekus wrote:I have no idea. Unless he did a mistake he should have been easily in Q3.
He was already down a couple tenths to Hulk in the first sector and just couldn’t recover it.

It’s a shame, looked like both cars had enough to be in Q3 and lost it by a bit more than a tenth


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Darth-Piekus wrote:The thing is that Sainz has to be more consistent as in one race he is fantastic and he is mediocre on the next. On another note Norris is the new Hamilton and hopefully the new Alonso.
Mediocre? Can’t agree with you there... I believe he is having a great season so far and has been actually very consistent.


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FittingMechanics wrote:
Darth-Piekus wrote:
13 Jul 2019, 15:43
I have no idea. Unless he did a mistake he should have been easily in Q3.
Easily? Norris was just about 2 tenths ahead. It's very close, being just a little bit compromised by traffic or a wind gust is enough to fall out of Q3.

It seems that the track is falling away, cars seem to be slowing down (Norris did a low 1:26 in Q1).
Yes, the times seemed to not be really improving... Interesting lap times on the medium tire too, which one wouldn’t have expected to be as fast as it was.


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Is Norris still in the old engine? Did he took the new Spec already?


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New engine

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SmallSoldier wrote:
13 Jul 2019, 15:57
Is Norris still in the old engine? Did he took the new Spec already?


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He took the new engine today. His third so no penalty.

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So any thoughts on why we got slower and slower in each session ??

Edit: so we need an extra lap to warm up the soft. Are we so kind to the tires ??:) Well np with me, bonds well for tomorrow !!
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Perhaps GP conditions.