You don't have problem with two young drivers (one completely inexperienced,and one relatively fresh in F1 with experience wiht ONE team) in MC and doing new development with new aero / chassis guys for 2-3 years. And when TR is doing same thing with their drivers, you are ranting them after few races.techman wrote: ↑27 Apr 2018, 11:08https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/tech ... e-1030399/The reshuffle is an indication that McLaren is coming to terms with the fact that it had to address shortcomings that were in effect masked during the Honda years.
Above is a quote from Zak, I am happy he finally is admitting that the mclaren chassis was not efficient and bad and it was masked by honda because they honda only supplied one team and they had no comparision. if i was zak i will hire new chassis and aero guys with fresh ideas. get nando norris and build this team to compete for the title in 2 to 3 years time. no point wasting 30 million on a driver and the car cant deliver. build the young drivers and save money to build a proper car in a the meantime. Vandorne is a good driver , he and norris will make a solid driver pairing and with a good chassis in a few years . a title challenge is possible
mclaren vandoren and norris is a way better driver line up than TR. norris is future lewis and vandorne has more experience and is quick in the race.You don't have problem with two young drivers (one completely inexperienced,and one relatively fresh in F1 with experience wiht ONE team) in MC and doing new development with new aero / chassis guys for 2-3 years. And when TR is doing same thing with their drivers, you are ranting them after few races.
They should have kept Jost Capito, everyone was very impressed by him.
Not a surprise honestly given the extra power mode the Merc engine cars have for qualifying this race. With McLaren's better race pace and no extra power boost i expect Alo to jump both Williams and Force Indias in the race.BrunoH wrote: ↑28 Apr 2018, 15:44Qualy a bit worse than expected to be honest.
I was hoping they wold go very low drag wings to try and mitigate things but i guess not. worse than Williams... what a shame.
Hoping for Super Alonso to do his thing and maybe a few crashes up ahead can help ( safety car etc also )
How was their long run pace compared to Renault, FI & Haas?Macklaren wrote: ↑28 Apr 2018, 16:00Not a surprise honestly given the extra power mode the Merc engine cars have for qualifying this race. With McLaren's better race pace and no extra power boost i expect Alo to jump both Williams and Force Indias in the race.BrunoH wrote: ↑28 Apr 2018, 15:44Qualy a bit worse than expected to be honest.
I was hoping they wold go very low drag wings to try and mitigate things but i guess not. worse than Williams... what a shame.
Hoping for Super Alonso to do his thing and maybe a few crashes up ahead can help ( safety car etc also )
PS: Hul p9 so Alo picks up a spot
Part of their problem is the diffuser isn't giving them the DF that they need. That's why they're loosing so much time in S2 and why they can't take more wing off. The good news is a big Aero upgrade should get you more diffuser DF.BrunoH wrote: ↑28 Apr 2018, 15:44Qualy a bit worse than expected to be honest.
I was hoping they wold go very low drag wings to try and mitigate things but i guess not. worse than Williams... what a shame.
Hoping for Super Alonso to do his thing and maybe a few crashes up ahead can help ( safety car etc also )
11th would definitely have been better, it's also the cleaner line, I believe. I just hope those young guns aren't over ambitious at the start. That's another downside from starting so far back, you're mixing it with some aggressive guys.