2026 McLaren Mastercard F1 Team

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FittingMechanics
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Fully agreed, last call for softs is fine.

I am somewhat against first call for hards, Lando was driving ok laptimes and he didn't seem to be under threat of anyone. I would roll the dice and stay out as long as possible. This seemed like a McLaren "halfway" strategy that doesn't do either thing well.

Macklaren
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FittingMechanics wrote:
05 Jul 2026, 17:52
Fully agreed, last call for softs is fine.

I am somewhat against first call for hards, Lando was driving ok laptimes and he didn't seem to be under threat of anyone. I would roll the dice and stay out as long as possible. This seemed like a McLaren "halfway" strategy that doesn't do either thing well.

NOR was radioing back that he was going to crash at any time which is why they stopped
Shame about the rear wing issues all race. They need to fix that ASAP but hopefully the new maccarena wing does

Good to see luck coming back to us. Championship is still wide open

Macklaren
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trinidefender wrote:
05 Jul 2026, 17:07
Why did they bring Norris in. He had fresh tyres and now he's being Russel.
Lando was having rear wing dropout issues all race. They had to clean the wing at every stop. The brought him in to clean the wing again. Without that, there was a lot more pace in the car

FittingMechanics
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What does dropout mean? It wouldn't open?

Macklaren
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FittingMechanics wrote:
05 Jul 2026, 18:30
What does dropout mean? It wouldn't open?
No I think it wouldn't close fully or airflow would not reattach on closure. Sounded like NOR could not push because he had no confidence in the rear because of the rear wing at about half the corners on track

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FittingMechanics wrote:
05 Jul 2026, 17:52
Fully agreed, last call for softs is fine.

I am somewhat against first call for hards, Lando was driving ok laptimes and he didn't seem to be under threat of anyone. I would roll the dice and stay out as long as possible. This seemed like a McLaren "halfway" strategy that doesn't do either thing well.
I think the timing was good. Created a large tyre offset to Hadjar and still came out within 1 second of him, was an easy pass.

P4 a good result in the end.

Macklaren
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Sigh HAM escapes with reprimand only

Danzo84
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I didnt think reprimands was a thing in races, either he did or didnt slow under a yellow flag.

Macklaren
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Well sky reporting though HAM himself came out of the stewards and said he thought he was def getting a penalty

lh13
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Since when do drivers get away with reprimand for breaking yellow flag rules?

Danzo84
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Im waiting for fia document because im confused why its not a penalty. He didnt slow with yellows on his dash. Seems a slam dunk to me.