Mclaren MP4-30 Honda

[GoranF1]

Alonso;

On the Honda dyno there is more power and on the data is more power - you don't need any comparison, you just need to keep going and improving where we can."

can anyone guess what he means by this?

[Jef Patat]

^^ From the last page, I think this is FP1

I'd wait and see first, they're probably collecting data before ramping it up a bit - the car seemed to stop almost dead at around 300kph which was strange.

admittedly not fastest, but not 300 neither
http://i.imgur.com/zxc8YSC.jpg

You thought correctly

[vantage87]

McLaren run new engine cover with new power unit – Tech Update

http://formulaspy.com/features/tech-ins ... unit-17637

[Jef Patat]

Flow vis on the rear wing, didn't see that on the tele, maybe someone can find some better pics of the rear changes?

[Thunder]

There is about an Inch of the RW Flap cut away (the upper Edge).

I wonder what that new Front wing will look. I think it will just be a low Downforce config and not a Merc / RB Copy since they only just introduced their current Wing and JB mentioned in the Team Preview that he feels they were running too much downforce today.

[radosav]

[GoranF1]

Autosport+ article from Ben Anderson seems to suggest that Honda ICE upgrade works but due to the nature of SPA half way trough the lap the MP4-30 has 0% ERS power.

[acosmichippo]

Alonso;

On the Honda dyno there is more power and on the data is more power - you don't need any comparison, you just need to keep going and improving where we can."

can anyone guess what he means by this?

Sounds like he was asked to compare the Honda to another engine, and he's saying don't worry about comparing, the data shows we have more power. But hard to say out of context.

[DiogoBrand]

Alonso;

On the Honda dyno there is more power and on the data is more power - you don't need any comparison, you just need to keep going and improving where we can."

can anyone guess what he means by this?

Sounds like he was asked to compare the Honda to another engine, and he's saying don't worry about comparing, the data shows we have more power. But hard to say out of context.

That was my suspicion.
They probably invented some revolutionary technology that worked perfectly on the dyno but just can't seem to work on track, so now, being Honda, they'll probably insist on that untill they make the biggest revolution in engine design, or leave formula one in shame.

[DiogoBrand]

http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-web ... -grid.html

What the hell? So that means that every time they take a grid penalty and start from the back, they can actually take two full PUs each driver for the rest of the season? What if they decide to violate Parc Fermé and bring a third PU for each car, they'll just start from the pitlane and get three engines for the price of one?
I think that will really benefit Renault, now that they've run out of power units, they'll just have to sacrifice one race start to get two or three extra engines for each car. It's almost going to become a strategy subject, and I really doubt the FIA will allow that for next season. And as for Honda, their "in race testing" will come cheaper than I've expected.

[ollandos]

alonso is very clear .....yes we have something more ....but not enough.....we need more and more everywhere

[Soichiro]

alonso is very clear .....yes we have something more ....but not enough.....we need more and more everywhere

That is how I understand his words, too. The comparison is between the old and new Honda engine. And I have a feeling he is not impressed by the performance gains, although he admits the gains are noted (in numbers).

[f1rules]

Alonso;

On the Honda dyno there is more power and on the data is more power - you don't need any comparison, you just need to keep going and improving where we can."

can anyone guess what he means by this?

you guys are to polite, to me it sounds more like, all the data shows we have more power, but i dont feel

[f1rules]

There is about an Inch of the RW Flap cut away (the upper Edge).

I wonder what that new Front wing will look. I think it will just be a low Downforce config and not a Merc / RB Copy since they only just introduced their current Wing and JB mentioned in the Team Preview that he feels they were running too much downforce today.

according to autosport they will introduce a merc/rb style frontwing in singapore, and lets hope so, because that fw has catapulted rb back into shape

[frosty125]

It looks the ICE has improved and could be better than Renault but the ERS is not delivering enough. According to EB they are deploying the 4MJ by about halfway through the lap and then they have no more MGU-K. Looks like the MGU-H/Turbo can't deliver enough to replenish the ES and deliver energy to the MGU-K. This was a big part of Ferrari's problem last year.