2025 McLaren F1 Team

[Wouter]

Lando was in Amsterdam this morning filming in front of the Astoria Hotel .

[SilviuAgo]

Nice one from McLaren. #history

[Balalu]

Might have been mentioned on here before: McLaren are now the team with the most wins on different tacks - 51

[CjC]

https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/mcla ... -theories/

Nice to know that good honest engineering got Mclaren to the top. I’m glad all the accusations and insinuations are over.
Wait till we get to next year though…..

[Emag]

I almost forgot about all the drama lol. Can’t blame RedBull for trying whats within their right I guess, but in the end, none of it mattered. I insiniuated before that RedBull letting out those “rumors” about the cold spots might have led the others into a wild goose chase.

After all the tests and scrutiny that McLaren has had to go through, there was no water in the tires. There were no fancy brakes and the flexi wings were hardly a significant contributor to McLaren’s advantage.

It’s almost as if this is just an extremely well-engineered car. By this point I am pretty much entirely convinced there is no single trick or clever gimmick that is entirely responsible for McLaren’s advantage.

Looking back, the pace advantage has been quite circumstantial and track-dependent. I personally thing it has more to do with others falling out their optimal window easier than McLaren rather than McLaren’s car having a specific advantage under certain conditions.

[CjC]

One thing I’ve praised McLaren for over the last few years, they seem to identify a weakness with the car and what ever remedy they implement on the following years car they then become the class of the field in a that previously weak area.

For instance wet races. From what we have seen so far this season, when it’s been a wet race we’ve seen a Mclaren win and arguably it should have been a 1-2 every time.
But recall Brazil last year, yes Max drove amazingly well and Lando haters jumped all over Lando. Stella defended Lando and said that the car was lacking performance in the wet, especially under braking. Come the first race of 2025- it’s raining and boom Lando wins.

Bravo team, Bravo

(You watch it rain in the Netherlands next week and McLaren don’t win now )

[Big Tea]

I almost forgot about all the drama lol. Can’t blame RedBull for trying whats within their right I guess, but in the end, none of it mattered. I insiniuated before that RedBull letting out those “rumors” about the cold spots might have led the others into a wild goose chase.

After all the tests and scrutiny that McLaren has had to go through, there was no water in the tires. There were no fancy brakes and the flexi wings were hardly a significant contributor to McLaren’s advantage.

It’s almost as if this is just an extremely well-engineered car. By this point I am pretty much entirely convinced there is no single trick or clever gimmick that is entirely responsible for McLaren’s advantage.

Looking back, the pace advantage has been quite circumstantial and track-dependent. I personally thing it has more to do with others falling out their optimal window easier than McLaren rather than McLaren’s car having a specific advantage under certain conditions.

It probably ended up being beneficial. Other teams spent time and resources looking into all the claims that could have been better used elsewhere.

[AR3-GP]

I almost forgot about all the drama lol. Can’t blame RedBull for trying whats within their right I guess, but in the end, none of it mattered. I insiniuated before that RedBull letting out those “rumors” about the cold spots might have led the others into a wild goose chase.

After all the tests and scrutiny that McLaren has had to go through, there was no water in the tires. There were no fancy brakes and the flexi wings were hardly a significant contributor to McLaren’s advantage.

It’s almost as if this is just an extremely well-engineered car. By this point I am pretty much entirely convinced there is no single trick or clever gimmick that is entirely responsible for McLaren’s advantage.

Looking back, the pace advantage has been quite circumstantial and track-dependent. I personally thing it has more to do with others falling out their optimal window easier than McLaren rather than McLaren’s car having a specific advantage under certain conditions.

It probably ended up being beneficial. Other teams spent time and resources looking into all the claims that could have been better used elsewhere.

There were updates to various parts of the regulations concerning these topics. It further clarifies where teams can spend resources and where they do not need to. This is a sport with a frightening amount of technical freedom . Engineers have a permanent fear of missing out. So, it is great benefit when the regulators rule out something that you don't have. It means it's one less area to fall behind in.

These talking points create additional motivation, spark new conversations, and lead to new innovations that otherwise may not occur. We may not see them until next year. It's just too short-sighted to imagine that the competitors didn't gain anything. All it takes is one Sauber engineer who is otherwise bored of the ideas in their own head to get inspired to innovate and then suddenly you've made a big impact to the car. Anyone who has a job doing anything in a competitive industry should be able to understand this. That's why I think better to say nothing at all than to accidentally inspire a competitor.