2019 Mclaren F1 Team - Renault

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From Sky:

Neither McLaren finished in the top 10 after thier morning two-three, with early P2 problems for Lando Norris - however, team chief Andreas Seidl is feeling optimistic:

"In terms of pace it looks like we could make some progress compared to Spa," Seidl tells Sky F1.

"Early days, we need to crunch some numbers, but an encouraging start."

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So Carlos didn’t run the soft tyre in FP2, any idea what tyres those ahead set their quickest times? I know most of them ran the softs and mediums, but I don’t know what their fastest times were set on.

[mwillems]

So Carlos didn’t run the soft tyre in FP2, any idea what tyres those ahead set their quickest times? I know most of them ran the softs and mediums, but I don’t know what their fastest times were set on.

Didnt he?

I thought his first run was on softs for a few laps.

[mwillems]

So Carlos didn’t run the soft tyre in FP2, any idea what tyres those ahead set their quickest times? I know most of them ran the softs and mediums, but I don’t know what their fastest times were set on.

You are right. Looks like it's the big 3 and the renault who are faster than us on mediums.

I say Renault but Just Danny Ric really.

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I must say i really like their new approach to things. They are isolating themself from others in practice runs, not pushing their limits and just sticking with their programme. Norris completely surprised me in Spa when he was allready 18 secs in front of Perez, damn shame for that retirement though. Hopefully Monza is similar, and hopefully both cars come to the end without problems.

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So Carlos didn’t run the soft tyre in FP2, any idea what tyres those ahead set their quickest times? I know most of them ran the softs and mediums, but I don’t know what their fastest times were set on.

You are right. Looks like it's the big 3 and the renault who are faster than us on mediums.

I say Renault but Just Danny Ric really.

Are you talking about the long runs? Because both Renaults set their fastest lap time on the softs.

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I must say i really like their new approach to things. They are isolating themself from others in practice runs, not pushing their limits and just sticking with their programme. Norris completely surprised me in Spa when he was allready 18 secs in front of Perez, damn shame for that retirement though. Hopefully Monza is similar, and hopefully both cars come to the end without problems.

Agreed... Mclaren’s season hasn’t been the luckiest one so far... But, in terms of performance they are moving forward.


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[mwillems]

So Carlos didn’t run the soft tyre in FP2, any idea what tyres those ahead set their quickest times? I know most of them ran the softs and mediums, but I don’t know what their fastest times were set on.

You are right. Looks like it's the big 3 and the renault who are faster than us on mediums.

I say Renault but Just Danny Ric really.

Are you talking about the long runs? Because both Renaults set their fastest lap time on the softs.

Yes but I think Danny Rics medium time was also faster than ours. Hulkenbergs was not. Then everyone moved to.softs and we didnt.

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AMuS:

In midfield, it seems to amount to a duel between the Renault teams. The factory team was better on one lap, but Lando Norris was a good figure in the long runs. The Englishman focused as Verstappen only on endurance races, since he starts his race from the last row. An oil leak at the beginning of the second training session was made more difficult. Norris started training only 17 minutes before the end.

Who rules in midfield?

McLaren boss Andreas Seidl is convinced: "In our separate championship we are ahead. The Aero package for low downforce works much better than Spa. "Basically it's the same wings with less hiring. However, still so much that McLaren had the slowest cars on the straights on Friday. Carlos Sainz was at 328.9 km / h at least 6.5 km / h behind the Renault of Daniel Ricciardo and 11.3 km / h behind the Toro Rosso by Pierre Gasly. But the McLaren were faster in the corners.

According to the findings of Friday, Renault will be the main opponent of McLaren. Daniel Ricciardo spun out the longest long run of the day with 20 laps on the soft tires together with Kevin Magnussen. Although the Australian lost four tenths per lap on Lando Norris, but also returned six laps more. Teammate Nico Hülkenberg was also satisfied with the first day of practice. This time, the Renault engineers have once again met the vehicle tuning from the beginning.

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Norris' first lap in that "long" run was 1 1/2 seconds quicker than everyone else, so it's safe to say that he was running with way less fuel. Sainz looked good on mediums though

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Norris' first lap in that "long" run was 1 1/2 seconds quicker than everyone else, so it's safe to say that he was running with way less fuel. Sainz looked good on mediums though

I think the high DF philosophy they adopted mid-season is really helping them out in the long-runs. Keeps the tires in the window which combined with less sliding has substantial benefits in the race. Might also explain the relatively slower one-lap pace as well. Very Mercedes W10 of them.

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Norris' first lap in that "long" run was 1 1/2 seconds quicker than everyone else, so it's safe to say that he was running with way less fuel. Sainz looked good on mediums though

I have no Idea if he was or wasn't running less fuel, I just doubt that McLaren would fuel the 2 cars differently.

Also they could easily have a 1 off much faster lap than they lap on the long runs....they just don't cause it will wear the tires and eventually the overall lap pace will be slower.

[mwillems]

Well it certainly looks promising for today.

I hope it's a smooth saturday for us and that we find the right balance between race and qualy setup.

It's fairly clear that finding efficient downforce i(The floor) s the key to a convergence on the performance we can expect on Saturdays and Sundays. Seems like generating more underfloor downforce is what this car has to do to get into the top 3.

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Norris' first lap in that "long" run was 1 1/2 seconds quicker than everyone else, so it's safe to say that he was running with way less fuel. Sainz looked good on mediums though

Fuelling Lando lighter would be an odd move, given that he’s starting from the back, so his race pace is what they would be concentrating on. But who knows....