2019 Mclaren F1 Team - Renault

[Dipesh1995]

Last year the root cause of McLaren’s woes seemed to be a loss of correlation between wind tunnel and track. If nothing else, this year’s winter testing programme will have helped their engineers unclench a little, as the MCL34 seemed both well-balanced and reasonably rapid. They’re bang in the middle of the pack, fifth quickest (but less than a tenth off third quickest) and sixth on the mileage chart. While the numbers don’t really matter when the car runs well, McLaren’s 873 laps is over 250 more than they managed at the same time last year.

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/arti ... wIrMz.html

[GoranF1]

Last year the root cause of McLaren’s woes seemed to be a loss of correlation between wind tunnel and track. If nothing else, this year’s winter testing programme will have helped their engineers unclench a little, as the MCL34 seemed both well-balanced and reasonably rapid. They’re bang in the middle of the pack, fifth quickest (but less than a tenth off third quickest) and sixth on the mileage chart. While the numbers don’t really matter when the car runs well, McLaren’s 873 laps is over 250 more than they managed at the same time last year.

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/arti ... wIrMz.html

5th overall or 5th of midfield?

[Ground Effect]

Last year the root cause of McLaren’s woes seemed to be a loss of correlation between wind tunnel and track. If nothing else, this year’s winter testing programme will have helped their engineers unclench a little, as the MCL34 seemed both well-balanced and reasonably rapid. They’re bang in the middle of the pack, fifth quickest (but less than a tenth off third quickest) and sixth on the mileage chart. While the numbers don’t really matter when the car runs well, McLaren’s 873 laps is over 250 more than they managed at the same time last year.

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/arti ... wIrMz.html

5th overall or 5th of midfield?

Dude...

[Macklaren]

Last year the root cause of McLaren’s woes seemed to be a loss of correlation between wind tunnel and track. If nothing else, this year’s winter testing programme will have helped their engineers unclench a little, as the MCL34 seemed both well-balanced and reasonably rapid. They’re bang in the middle of the pack, fifth quickest (but less than a tenth off third quickest) and sixth on the mileage chart. While the numbers don’t really matter when the car runs well, McLaren’s 873 laps is over 250 more than they managed at the same time last year.

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/arti ... wIrMz.html

5th overall or 5th of midfield?

That's just based on quickest laps in testing on the last day

[diffuser]

Should Zak pursue Paddy Lowe?

[Ground Effect]

Should Zak pursue Paddy Lowe?

Please no, I think he's lost his way. His parting gift to McLaren was the MP4-28.

[diffuser]

Should Zak pursue Paddy Lowe?

Please no, I think he's lost his way. His parting gift to McLaren was the MP4-28.

Plenty of guys at Ferrari(Costa, Bell) that people thought had lost their way. That are making a positive influence.

I'm sure there aren't a shortage of people at McLaren that know if he is a good or BAD addition. He did work with Prodromou, Fry, Simon, Neale just to name a few over the 20 years he spent at McLaren.

[Ground Effect]

Should Zak pursue Paddy Lowe?

Please no, I think he's lost his way. His parting gift to McLaren was the MP4-28.

Plenty of guys at Ferrari(Costa, Bell) that people thought had lost their way. That are making a positive influence.

I'm sure there aren't a shortage of people at McLaren that know if he is a good or BAD addition. He did work with Prodromou, Fry, Simon, Neale just to name a few over the 20 years he spent at McLaren.

I actually regard Ferrari the exception the rule. I'm willing to accept a top Ferrari guy, who seemingly didn't cut it, because Ferrari has always been more about politics than talent, you can add James Allison to the list. Adrian Newey would probably have been fired by Ferrari at some point if he had ever worked with them.
But Paddy Lowe for me, even at McLaren had a good car, then a bad one, then a good car. He's had two stabs at Williams to produce the goods, but hasn't delivered. I think his time has passed.

[ScottR267]

Should Zak pursue Paddy Lowe?

I don’t think that this would be a bad coup. Granted the last couple of years at Williams were not great however not not all of their problems can be laid at the feet of the man. Not only does he know the team well but also some of the key personnel from when he was at McLaren last time are still there or have returned in Fry’s and Prodromou’s cases.

Not only this but when top engineers had become available over the last 8/9 years or so Mercedes have snapped them up for which on occasions it felt to me that they had done so, so as not to strengthen their rivals as much as it was to strengthen themselves.

[Big Tea]

One man does not design a car.
He has strengths and weaknesses, and as long as someone knows what they are, he would be an asset.

I would not like to see him in as top dog though

[Ground Effect]

One man does not design a car.
He has strengths and weaknesses, and as long as someone knows what they are, he would be an asset.

I would not like to see him in as top dog though

He left McLaren as a Technical Director, became and Executive Director at Mercedes, moved to Williams as a Chief Technical Officer (also shareholder). He's over qualified for McLaren now.

[Big Tea]

One man does not design a car.
He has strengths and weaknesses, and as long as someone knows what they are, he would be an asset.

I would not like to see him in as top dog though

He left McLaren as a Technical Director, became and Executive Director at Mercedes, moved to Williams as a Chief Technical Officer (also shareholder). He's over qualified for McLaren now.

But is not in a position, so cannot be ruled out. I think he may struggle with the image he seems to have collected.

[diffuser]

One man does not design a car.
He has strengths and weaknesses, and as long as someone knows what they are, he would be an asset.

I would not like to see him in as top dog though

He left McLaren as a Technical Director, became and Executive Director at Mercedes, moved to Williams as a Chief Technical Officer (also shareholder). He's over qualified for McLaren now.

But is not in a position, so cannot be ruled out. I think he may struggle with the image he seems to have collected.

I mean obviously he would have to take on a lower roll like Pat Fry. Some people like to go home for all the right reasons. Depends on where his head is at.

[mclaren111]

Should Zak pursue Paddy Lowe?

Hell no... Totally overrated...

[eVisa]

Completely off topic,
but T.. O.. VERSTAPPEN, in dutch actually means 'magical steps'. Can we get back to the McLaren team please?

Mod edit: this post was in response to some now deleted posts. The second part is so much spot on!