Mclaren Honda 2015

[mclaren111]

Manoah2u wrote:
Any particular changes coming up?

New Lighter Chassis, Side Pods, Mirrors, Front Wing (maybe slight modifications only) & Side Pod Uprights =D>

[Thunder]

Soo, looks like the Sidepods won't be empty this Weekend.
https://twitter.com/McLarenF1/status/616266800758591488

[Thunder]

And FA indeed gets a used PU:
https://twitter.com/hondapu14/status/616531678119526400

[GoranF1]

The Mclaren-Honda 2015 season review- SkyF1.

http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/12479 ... d-the-ugly

[Thunder]

Great interview with Jenson Button:

http://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/131 ... al-mclaren

[Andres125sx]

Great interview with Jenson Button:

http://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/131 ... al-mclaren

Great interview indeed, one of the best I´ve read with a driver, both the questions and answers were very interesting

I didn´t know anything about this:

I think it's going in the right direction with the ideas for the future: wider rear tyres, wider cars, because now they are so skinny and long the car just snaps and I don't think it looks good on TV. We are not able to control it and we are supposed to be the best drivers in the world - of course, we do control slides and what we do with the car is beyond the imagination of most people - but sometimes it's unpredictable and it's not driver skill. There are a few things that need to change, and they will

Looks like the PU was not the only big problem

The thing is that the first few tests we were like, 'Oh, my god! Is there a front wing on this car?' There was so much understeer and we were trying to get it so that as you add steering lock you didn't lose front end and didn't get washout, which is a big problem with a single seater. We've been working on that and now we have a lot more front end in the car and there is a lot more to work with.

This is not new, but anycase interesting

It's very aggressive, more aggressive than any other engine, which comes with issues of course - reliability issues. But we can't really change the design of the engine over the next couple of years anyway, so they had to go that aggressive and just deal with the reliability issues. Aerodynamically it helps massively because the air flow is so clean around the sidepods and towards the diffuser. So it is good, but then you get the other issues. They are working on them right now in terms of reliability and a lot of work is going into that.

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but there is a lot of power coming over the next few races, so that's positive.

And this explains they´ve been 4 tenths faster in Monaco than last season, the only race they´ve been significantly faster, at least it´s a good car at some aspect

I think Singapore is going to be the race that is going to be the standout race that we need to give it large and come out with a result. We are very good with slow speed corners, which has been a weakness of McLaren in the past.

[zeph]

Great interview with Jenson Button:

http://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/131 ... al-mclaren

Good interview, thanks for the link.

Something Button doesn't touch on but has been reported elsewhere, is that the inability to crank up the PU also means they have no idea what the car can do. It is designed to go around the track at a certain speed and if it doesn't hit that you have driveability problems.

I don't recall exactly what was said, but it's along the lines of: "at speed x the aero should deliver x amount of downforce, at lower speeds that downforce lowers exponentially, which means you have less grip, which means you have to compromise mechanical setup to compensate etc."

So as I understand it, until they sort out the PU, they don't really know what kind of car they have.

[Andres125sx]

The Mclaren-Honda 2015 season review- SkyF1.

http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/12479 ... d-the-ugly

This is what I´ve found more interesting, 2014 vs 2015 McLaren fastest laps:

Australia:
Fastest 2014 lap time: 1:30.510 (P2); Fastest 2015 time: 1:31.387 (P2) +0.877 seconds

Malaysia:
Fastest 2014 lap time: 1:40.628 (P2); Fastest 2015 time: 1:41.635 (Q1) +1.007 seconds

China:
Fastest 2014 lap time: 1:39.491 (P2); Fastest 2015 time: 1:39.275 (P2) -0.216 seconds

Bahrain:
Fastest 2014 lap time: 1:34.387 (Q3); Fastest 2015 time: 1:35.039 (Q2) +0.652 seconds

Spain:
Fastest 2014 lap time: 1:27.335 (Q3); Fastest 2015 time: 1:27.760 (Q2) +0.425 seconds

Monaco:
Fastest 2014 lap time: 1:17.555 (Q3); Fastest 2015 time: 1:17.093 (Q2) -0.462 seconds

Canada:
Fastest 2014 lap time: 1:16.182 (Q3); Fastest 2015 time: 1:16.276 (Q2) +0.094 seconds

Austria:
Fastest 2014 lap time: 1:09.473 (Q2); Fastest 2015 time: 1:10.736 (Q2) +1.263 seconds


I´d say there´s a progression, but you must consider fast tracks are the weak point right now, but anycase Austria looks like out of the pattern...... oh forgot it, it was wet for some sesions, so I guess the track was too clean and there was less rubber than usually

[Thunder]

McHonda gets an additional Engine for this Season....

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/119795

[Vasconia]

McHonda gets an additional Engine for this Season....

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/119795

Taking into account the current situation it doesnt look so promising for the season but I am sure that Mclaren will be happy with this, an unexpected extra PU will give them the chance of making more changes and tests.

[GoranF1]

FP1 pace is frustrating.

[f1universe]

FP1 pace is frustrating.

And nothing change in FP2. There is no light at the end of the tunnel for McLaren.

[KingHamilton01]

They keep on trying to convince us that they are moving forward, until they use the 7 engine token's were no where near top 10 pace let alone top 6!

[PlatinumZealot]

Yeah to make matters worse the new suspension sucks. Jenson could barely keep the car on track.

[McG]

Still looking forward to seeing this progress they keep blabbering on about.