2024 Mclaren Formula 1 Team

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Zak said that there are new bits for Monza too
Just a fan's point of view

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Well Done Lando !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:D :D =D> =D> =D> =D> :D :D

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Lando will be kicking himself even further for leaving at least 4 race wins on the table after witnessing the gap between him and Max today. It will require perfection from him and his teammate to win the WDC now, which is unlikely

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Alex_Z wrote:
25 Aug 2024, 19:12
Lando will be kicking himself even further for leaving at least 4 race wins on the table after witnessing the gap between him and Max today. It will require perfection from him and his teammate to win the WDC now, which is unlikely
Lando left a maximum of one victory, the rest was lost by the strategists

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Alex_Z wrote:
25 Aug 2024, 19:12
Lando will be kicking himself even further for leaving at least 4 race wins on the table after witnessing the gap between him and Max today. It will require perfection from him and his teammate to win the WDC now, which is unlikely
Why unlikely? Difficult, of course, but based on today's domination at least, hardly unlikely

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Lucky wrote:
25 Aug 2024, 19:14
Alex_Z wrote:
25 Aug 2024, 19:12
Lando will be kicking himself even further for leaving at least 4 race wins on the table after witnessing the gap between him and Max today. It will require perfection from him and his teammate to win the WDC now, which is unlikely
Lando left a maximum of one victory, the rest was lost by the strategists
Barcelona, Austria, Hungary and Silvertsone. The latter can't be solely blamed on strategy. Max and Lewis made the right calls to pit and Lando didn't.
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Macklaren wrote:
25 Aug 2024, 19:15
Alex_Z wrote:
25 Aug 2024, 19:12
Lando will be kicking himself even further for leaving at least 4 race wins on the table after witnessing the gap between him and Max today. It will require perfection from him and his teammate to win the WDC now, which is unlikely
Why unlikely? Difficult, of course, but based on today's domination at least, hardly unlikely
Mercedes and Ferrari can't trouble RB. Piastri is food for Max.

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CjC wrote:
25 Aug 2024, 18:28
Zak said that there are new bits for Monza too
Came here to say this. Pretty big news if they bring a low downforce upgrade as well (another one)
Ground Effect wrote:
25 Aug 2024, 17:34
Can McLaren be the fastest car in Monza?
I think they can be. Hopefully they are and we put Verstappen under pressure.

Verstappen already had to take an engine penalty. If he has any more issues or DNFs, he could lose a chunk of his points but for any chance of WDC Lando needs to be perfect.

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Alex_Z wrote:
25 Aug 2024, 19:23
Macklaren wrote:
25 Aug 2024, 19:15
Alex_Z wrote:
25 Aug 2024, 19:12
Lando will be kicking himself even further for leaving at least 4 race wins on the table after witnessing the gap between him and Max today. It will require perfection from him and his teammate to win the WDC now, which is unlikely
Why unlikely? Difficult, of course, but based on today's domination at least, hardly unlikely
Mercedes and Ferrari can't trouble RB. Piastri is food for Max.
This is based on what exactly? Mercedes already won several races recently so clearly troubled Max. Same with Oscar.
Ferrari is further behind right now, but not that much.
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The WDC is unlikely, it surely has to be.

Problem being is that we are at the mercy of both merc and ferrari along with oscar too.
What we need is to reel off a series of wins with numerous cars in between lando and max. This will also see max become more edgy and yield a higher chance of accidents and dnf's as frustration and desperation creeps in.

For now I would just concentrate on monza. Even IF we are faster there I can't imagine there will be much separating mclaren, merc and verstappen.

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Paa wrote:
25 Aug 2024, 19:25
Alex_Z wrote:
25 Aug 2024, 19:23
Macklaren wrote:
25 Aug 2024, 19:15


Why unlikely? Difficult, of course, but based on today's domination at least, hardly unlikely
Mercedes and Ferrari can't trouble RB. Piastri is food for Max.
This is based on what exactly? Mercedes already won several races recently so clearly troubled Max.
Ferrari is further behind right now, but not that much.
They finished 40 seconds behind Lando after introducing new upgrades. Monza and Baku is RBR territory too. So P2 minimum for Max.

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Mcl_G10 wrote:
25 Aug 2024, 19:26
The WDC is unlikely, it surely has to be.

Problem being is that we are at the mercy of both merc and ferrari along with oscar too.
What we need is to reel off a series of wins with numerous cars in between lando and max. This will also see max become more edgy and yield a higher chance of accidents and dnf's as frustration and desperation creeps in.

For now I would just concentrate on monza. Even IF we are faster there I can't imagine there will be much separating mclaren, merc and verstappen.
WDC definitely is unlikely and if Lando manages to win it, it will be one of biggest comeback stories in F1 history.

I don't think it will happen but the team has to do all it can to put Verstappen under as much pressure as possible. People make mistakes when put under pressure. There are 9 races left, Verstappen can have a DNF, bad qualifying or an engine penalty.

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Btw about the race start, it looks like this was a team issue this time around. Both cars had exactly the same bad launch.

It is possible the team did some changes to the launch trying to improve it and this had both cars execute bad launches.

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Alex_Z wrote:
25 Aug 2024, 19:22
Lucky wrote:
25 Aug 2024, 19:14
Alex_Z wrote:
25 Aug 2024, 19:12
Lando will be kicking himself even further for leaving at least 4 race wins on the table after witnessing the gap between him and Max today. It will require perfection from him and his teammate to win the WDC now, which is unlikely
Lando left a maximum of one victory, the rest was lost by the strategists
Barcelona, Austria, Hungary and Silvertsone. The latter can't be solely blamed on strategy. Max and Lewis made the right calls to pit and Lando didn't.
In Austria, RB had the best car, Silverstone was one hundred percent the fault of the strategists who put the soft tires, Hungary was the fault of Lando at the start, but there could now be 63 points behind.

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Alex_Z wrote:
25 Aug 2024, 19:28
Paa wrote:
25 Aug 2024, 19:25
Alex_Z wrote:
25 Aug 2024, 19:23

Mercedes and Ferrari can't trouble RB. Piastri is food for Max.
This is based on what exactly? Mercedes already won several races recently so clearly troubled Max.
Ferrari is further behind right now, but not that much.
They finished 40 seconds behind Lando after introducing new upgrades. Monza and Baku is RBR territory too. So P2 minimum for Max.
After what a rollercoaster this season has been with massive changes of relative performance of the teams, I'm still amazed that people can confidently say that X track will suit Y team.
I'm pretty sure that at this point teams don't know this.