Carlos after first day of testing:
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McLaren running in the style like Mercedes run last year or any other big team run on the harder compounds which is great
So they have decided not to antagonise Mercedes by criticising RP20/W10. Understandable, considering that McLaren will be using Merc engines from next year.SmallSoldier wrote: ↑19 Feb 2020, 20:15There seems to be a little bit of concern in regards to what the B-Teams can do this season... Understandbly if they will manage to be close to the lap times the Top 3 were doing in 2019.
From RaceFans, Carlos comments in regards to the B-Teams copying the top 3:
“A team like McLaren always has pressure to deliver,” he said. “McLaren is one of the best teams in the history of Formula 1 and we know that fourth, fifth is still not where McLaren wants to be.
“But McLaren also knows that this is still very early on this new project that we have put ourselves and we are looking at the medium-longer term target of fighting for the top positions again. It’s very difficult to say at the moment.
“You can see some of the smaller teams getting a lot of help from the bigger teams. So if they come here with a car that is very similar to last year’s Red Bull or to last year’s Mercedes, it is going to be very difficult for McLaren to do that [big] a step.
“So we don’t depend on what the others are doing. We depend on what we can do. And at the moment we can only focus on ourselves, keep doing the steps that we’re doing. Like the ’35 car hitting the track and doing a lot of laps, and feeling the car already a step better than last year on the first day, and opening windows of development.
“That’s the only thing we can do at the moment and we cannot think in what the others are doing.”
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Going to have to start calling it GP1 instead of F1 soonSmallSoldier wrote: ↑19 Feb 2020, 20:15There seems to be a little bit of concern in regards to what the B-Teams can do this season... Understandbly if they will manage to be close to the lap times the Top 3 were doing in 2019.
From RaceFans, Carlos comments in regards to the B-Teams copying the top 3:
“A team like McLaren always has pressure to deliver,” he said. “McLaren is one of the best teams in the history of Formula 1 and we know that fourth, fifth is still not where McLaren wants to be.
“But McLaren also knows that this is still very early on this new project that we have put ourselves and we are looking at the medium-longer term target of fighting for the top positions again. It’s very difficult to say at the moment.
“You can see some of the smaller teams getting a lot of help from the bigger teams. So if they come here with a car that is very similar to last year’s Red Bull or to last year’s Mercedes, it is going to be very difficult for McLaren to do that [big] a step.
“So we don’t depend on what the others are doing. We depend on what we can do. And at the moment we can only focus on ourselves, keep doing the steps that we’re doing. Like the ’35 car hitting the track and doing a lot of laps, and feeling the car already a step better than last year on the first day, and opening windows of development.
“That’s the only thing we can do at the moment and we cannot think in what the others are doing.”
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If anything... F1.5 could be amazing this season!the EDGE wrote:Going to have to start calling it GP1 instead of F1 soonSmallSoldier wrote: ↑19 Feb 2020, 20:15There seems to be a little bit of concern in regards to what the B-Teams can do this season... Understandbly if they will manage to be close to the lap times the Top 3 were doing in 2019.
From RaceFans, Carlos comments in regards to the B-Teams copying the top 3:
“A team like McLaren always has pressure to deliver,” he said. “McLaren is one of the best teams in the history of Formula 1 and we know that fourth, fifth is still not where McLaren wants to be.
“But McLaren also knows that this is still very early on this new project that we have put ourselves and we are looking at the medium-longer term target of fighting for the top positions again. It’s very difficult to say at the moment.
“You can see some of the smaller teams getting a lot of help from the bigger teams. So if they come here with a car that is very similar to last year’s Red Bull or to last year’s Mercedes, it is going to be very difficult for McLaren to do that [big] a step.
“So we don’t depend on what the others are doing. We depend on what we can do. And at the moment we can only focus on ourselves, keep doing the steps that we’re doing. Like the ’35 car hitting the track and doing a lot of laps, and feeling the car already a step better than last year on the first day, and opening windows of development.
“That’s the only thing we can do at the moment and we cannot think in what the others are doing.”
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This's looking great. But I think all teams have improved from last year!SmallSoldier wrote: ↑19 Feb 2020, 20:43Finally, and just as a reference, Mclaren’s Day lap times 2019 vs 2020:
Day 1 - 2019 = 1:18.558 (C4 Tires)
Day 1 - 2020 = 1:17.842 (C2 Tires)
*Tires as listed in Autosport
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Definitely! But is always comforting to see improvement year on yearArthurMorgan wrote:This's looking great. But I think all teams have improved from last year!SmallSoldier wrote: ↑19 Feb 2020, 20:43Finally, and just as a reference, Mclaren’s Day lap times 2019 vs 2020:
Day 1 - 2019 = 1:18.558 (C4 Tires)
Day 1 - 2020 = 1:17.842 (C2 Tires)
*Tires as listed in Autosport
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Hahahah very nice. So it seems this year's McLaren is already as fast as last year's Ferrari during the race, on the first day of testing.