2019 Mclaren F1 Team - Renault

[f1rules]

agree pace was surprisingly good, but the free air helped a lot also

F1rules we were much faster than the rest. Perhaps we might not have goten 5th but we could have goten 6th easily.

[Singabule]

Renault strike again, shame on this very good car.

[chrisgr]

That Hakkinen nightmare came back today. I just feel sad right now. Numb... and the team did a great job setting the car for today's weather...

[RonDennis]

Let's be honest. Renault is still crap. It's always something with them. The only positive thing is that the power is ok. That's why I drive German cars instead of French ones.

Let’s be honest, Mercedes have had three engines go ping this weekend so it’s not exclusively a Renault problem.

Given the message on Lando’s screen (ANTI STALL - RECOVERING CLUTCH) I’d guess on either failed engine electrics or the dreaded hydraulic gremlins again ...

Yeah, let's start shitting on the most dominant engine since 2014. The big difference is that Mercedes actually fixes things instead of Renault: "Oops, we thought we had fixed the problem, but we clearly didn't".

[FittingMechanics]

That Hakkinen nightmare came back today. I just feel sad right now. Numb... and the team did a great job setting the car for today's weather...

Don't remind me. At least it wasn't for a win today.

[martinbeiker]

Anti-Stall kicked in, same as with Carlos.

Carlo's today ?


Thought that was Hydrolic?

I heard the commentators say it was anti-stall. The car stalled on grid at first and then wouldn't start during pit-stop. Let's wait a bit for more credible sources.

Just saw the onboard of the start, the car didn't have power getting off and locked the rears downshifting into turn one on the first lap.

Carlos said on TV that the battery emptied and wasn't recharging.

[M840TR]

So what now? Could we go back to Mercedes? Won't that cost us in making a different car since their engine is completely different? What about the status with the Mercedes. Will we be customer or try to get some equal work status?

Still though I am not afraid. Mclaren is leagues faster than the other midfielders. We are destroying them. The luck the others have is gonna run out at some point.

I don't see that happening until 2021 at the very least and even then something drastic has to happen. Mclaren wants stability at the moment and while DNFs don't help achieve that, a new engine partner is a whole different ball game.

[M840TR]

Carlo's today ?


Thought that was Hydrolic?

I heard the commentators say it was anti-stall. The car stalled on grid at first and then wouldn't start during pit-stop. Let's wait a bit for more credible sources.

Just saw the onboard of the start, the car didn't have power getting off and locked the rears downshifting into turn one on the first lap.

Carlos said on TV that the battery emptied and wasn't recharging.

Can you kindly share the video?

[SmallSoldier]

Silver lining is that the race pace of the car was way better than the last few days predicted... 2019 is a season where 4th place is the maximum the team will achieve, so even though the lack of points in this race is gut wrenching and disappointing, the team seems to continue to improve the car and that’s all we can ask from them... Staying in within a decent time window to the leaders was also a nice surprise today.

Hopefully we won’t be missing the 10 points left on the table today at the end of the season.


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[martinbeiker]

I heard the commentators say it was anti-stall. The car stalled on grid at first and then wouldn't start during pit-stop. Let's wait a bit for more credible sources.

Just saw the onboard of the start, the car didn't have power getting off and locked the rears downshifting into turn one on the first lap.

Carlos said on TV that the battery emptied and wasn't recharging.

Can you kindly share the video?

https://streamable.com/6oo6o

[M840TR]

I'd personally recommend exercising a bit of caution regarding speculation on the car's race pace. They had massive help from strategy today by being in clear air all race and coming out ahead much later in the race than others. Perez with his worn C2s was keeping Lando honest in P6; even if we factor in the Mclaren managing pace at that point, that's still worth considering.

[RonDennis]

I'd personally recommend exercising a bit of caution regarding speculation on the car's race pace. They had massive help from strategy today by being in clear air all race and coming out ahead much later in the race than others. Perez with his worn C2s was keeping Lando honest in P6; even if we factor in the Mclaren managing pace at that point, that's still worth considering.

He put Perez on 17 seconds.

Just saw the interview with Norris on Dutch television and he said these things happened too often this season.

[M840TR]

I'd personally recommend exercising a bit of caution regarding speculation on the car's race pace. They had massive help from strategy today by being in clear air all race and coming out ahead much later in the race than others. Perez with his worn C2s was keeping Lando honest in P6; even if we factor in the Mclaren managing pace at that point, that's still worth considering.

He put Perez on 17 seconds.

It started with 16.2.

[Darth-Piekus]

Sorry to burst the bubble but Lando was destroying them completely today to the point that he did a pit stop and still managed to get back 5th place. You can't dominate more than that. He reached 20 at some point and at then he decided to just control the pace.

[M840TR]

Sorry to burst the bubble but Lando was destroying them completely today to the point that he did a pit stop and still managed to get back 5th place. You can't dominate more than that. He reached 20 at some point and at then he decided to just control the pace.

I know it's probable but the others were stuck behind slow cars all race; it was the Haas at first and those on long stints such as Kvyat etc later. So let's wait for some credible reports.