Vodafone McLaren Team 2012

[Dragonfly]

That's what happens to young boys who chose an auntie for a girlfriend

[PlatinumZealot]

Not many aunties look like that though.

[Dragonfly]

Depends on one's age whether it's auntie or not
I am afraid of driving OT, but from my life experience (as a father) I know how an elder woman can make a mess of an youngster's mind. Even worse if she's beautiful and sexy.

[raymondu999]

Can we go back to the technical stuff rather than the paparazzi news?

[Richard]

Hamilton moving to Mercedes in 2013 has its own thread viewtopic.php?f=1&t=13393&view=unread#unread

Lets keep this one for McLaren in 2012 please.

[ParanoiD]

Button + Perez

aren't those 2 pretty good at their tyre management?

[bgroovers]

Button + Perez

aren't those 2 pretty good at their tyre management?

One is great at tire management the other has a reputation for it which i believe is totally unfounded and based on luck. Wonder who will be fastest qualifier as neither are renowned one lap specialists.
Really please for Sergio after Lucas ridiculous snub. My money is on him in the intra team battle and could even be WDC if McL have a good car which im sure will be streets ahead of Lewis in his silver shadow.

[N12ck]

could this and perez joining mclaren hint at mclaren orange returning?

[Joie de vivre]

No! It just shows well recognized color of MP4-12c and new P1 ... let McLarens be orange, let Ferraris be red.

And this is not technically related to the car at all.

[superdread]

No! It just shows well recognized color of MP4-12c and new P1 ... let McLarens be orange, let Ferraris be red.

And this is not technically related to the car at all.

Livery is very important in performance terms. Too bad, flames, lightnings, even leopards are banned in the technical rules.

Also: why does no team paint their suspension?

[SiLo]

I would love to see the team run in Mclaren Orange colours.

On a more car related note, is it me or is the car very good on it's tyres now? Or is that all in the setup?

[Nando]

Button has proven to take care of tires when car is in shape.

Perez has so far in F1 driven a car that is extremely gentle on its tires.
You have the top teams then Sauber is alone at the top.

Judge Perez after a couple of races in the Mclaren.

[Kiril Varbanov]

I was not fully aware of that, nor I had such impression, but is Mclaren team really that much restrictive to its drivers and personnel?

[Raptor22]

I was not fully aware of that, nor I had such impression, but is Mclaren team really that much restrictive to its drivers and personnel?

Yes

No personal sponors. Thus far only Senna managed to twist Ron's ear. Well Ron had no choice. Senna wore Nacional whether Ron liked it or not.
Trophy's belong to McLaren. Drivers can get replica's.
Fixed number of media appearances.
McLaren give you your press release and you sing like a parrot. Mind you Ferrari was worse.
and theres probably more.

Its a style that suits more relaxed personalities since you know whats what and you can plan. Hamilton seems to want to be more like Senna. Problem is Senna had the results and mind boggling achievements + the scalp of Prost. Thus far, Hammie only has the scalp of Alonso. Due to his own self inflicted mind games he has not really owned Button except perhaps this season

[raymondu999]

No personal sponors.

They have relaxed this slightly. Hamilton for example has Reebok on his bill. Having said that, it will be interesting to see how Reebok and Puma work out sponsoring the same driver!

On a more car related note, is it me or is the car very good on it's tyres now? Or is that all in the setup?

Actually, I don't know if it's just me, but the car seems to be hurting its tyres more (relative to the competition) on low fuel, on more point & squirt circuits. See Singapore, and Hockenheim - while we saw Lewis in neither case, Button (who took P2 in both, incidentally) had tyre trouble towards the end of the race. Seems fine in all other scenarios though.

Button has proven to take care of tires when car is in shape.

Perez has so far in F1 driven a car that is extremely gentle on its tires.
You have the top teams then Sauber is alone at the top.

Judge Perez after a couple of races in the Mclaren.

I know this opinion isn't a popular one, but I still am not a Perez believer.