It's a Braking feel issue:PlatinumZealot wrote: ↑30 May 2021, 23:41The hole in your theory is that Carlos and Lando never said the handling was poor, and neither does Daniel. Daniel actually says the car feels normal, but he is unable to replicate what Lando does with it. This is not a problem with the car, it is a problem with the driving style that Daniel is used to.
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"Braking is quite a big hitter in lap time, and Dan's always been a very, very strong braker," McLaren technical director James Key explains. "We've seen some of his overtakes in the past, and he's done it being very late on the anchors, and getting the pass.
"So it's definitely a strength of his. I think changing to a different car, you've always got to adapt a bit to the way that car feels under braking.
"I think there's lots of different aspects. The braking system itself often isn't the major factor here. We all use very similar material, very similar systems, and so on.
"So in terms of the pedal feel, to a certain extent, there's a bit of variability there. But certainly the bite and the braking performance itself is often very similar.
"I think where differences come in are things like engine braking, and how that works, and how to tune it accordingly.
"How the chassis works, how the aerodynamics work and support the car in certain conditions, is it strong in a straight line, which is what we've always been, or a little bit weaker if you're trying to carry the brakes into a corner, or certain types of corner where you have different kind of braking conditions. That's where you really get the differences creeping up."