2016 McLaren F1 Team - Honda

[Jef Patat]

Alonso will have to revert to the previous spec engine
http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mclar ... ak-810033/

[Dipesh1995]

Not a great start to the weekend for Alonso or indeed McLaren but at least it'll give a decent comparison between the new spec and old spec PU.

[CjC]

And he's had to take a penalty so starts from the back. No points for Alonso then again. Shame

It's the same story for Honda. They try to improve and something one way or the other spoils it

[F1NAC]

35 grid place penalty for Alonso
https://twitter.com/adamcooperF1/status ... 0504726528 https://twitter.com/andrewbensonf1/stat ... 9478865921

[GoranF1]

Since he will start last they need to use another new PU(7th) so they dont get any penalties in the future...

[Sayeman]

Will ALO run the upgraded PU in the race?

[adrianjordan]

Since he will start last they need to use another new PU(7th) so they dont get any penalties in the future...

Agreed.

[Sayeman]

Anyone has any speed comparison data between the new and old PU

[Jef Patat]

Being a MCL fan is hard [-o<

[godlameroso]

They're not doing too bad, Alonso was lapping similar to Raikkonen in the long runs in FP2. I think the closest race to judge them by is Baku, because it's a similar type of circuit with the long straights. Tomorrow will paint a different picture I assume, as the engineers go over the data and fine tune things. All in all it's a step forward, they're a little bit closer to the front runners than they were in Germany, but I think the nature of the circuit masks that somewhat. They can get anywhere from p10-p6

[techman]

mclare long run pace was pretty good, mclaren and williams going for bigger rear wing, i dont its the right way in spa, redbull have gone for skinny rear wing, so is mercedes, both these team are quick here, dont know why mclaren went for heavy drag, and useless monkey wings when other dont. very inefficient chassis

[Alonso Fan]

mclare long run pace was pretty good, mclaren and williams going for bigger rear wing, i dont its the right way in spa, redbull have gone for skinny rear wing, so is mercedes, both these team are quick here, dont know why mclaren went for heavy drag, and useless monkey wings when other dont. very inefficient chassis

the whole of the middle sector is corners. so I don't think they're putting the wings on for drag...

they have a decent chassis, so why not exploit it in the middle sector?

that said, we could still yet see a Monza spec car tomorrow in fp3

anyhow, my guess is that they found that they can make more time up in the middle sector with the bigger wings than they can with the skinny wings on the straights

[Sayeman]

Lot of people complementing the new sound of the Honda engine and how it is different from the other manufacturers.
Anyone has any idea why it sounds so different? I heard the better sounding a engine is, the less efficient it is.
Is it the case here?

[godlameroso]

Well you can tell when a car has retarded ignition, like on engine braking because the pitch is deeper, and you can tell when a car has it's timing advanced because it becomes a smoother higher pitch sound.

[Sayeman]

Alonso - "I still don’t have a feeling for the performance of the revised PU, as today we ran it only in conservative modes, so tomorrow we’ll see how much we can push. I’m sure it’ll be a step forward.”