On friday they were very exit limited in that corner (I think you mean T9, piratella). Tires were hot so perhaps just a bit conservative on entry speed knowing that the tires were going away. The corner tends to carry you out to the gravel if you exceed the limits.
First signs look good, but I'm much more interested in race pace.
And remember, if your front tires are alongside another car's mirrors, that means you're ahead, while being behind, per the stewards' guide, which is separate from FIA sporting guidelines. Makes me wonder when a steward's edition of the technical regulations will be written. That would be fun.
Agreed. They ended up screwing both Lawson and Tsunoda with that move.
I think that the floor has a larger working window (range of ground clearances where it works). So they can tune the car more for riding over curbs. To do that you need to soften the springs. However to compensate for softer springs you have to lift the car so it doesn't bottom out. That was the big problem with last year's car. The floor only worked in a tiny range of ground clearances that was even smaller than the RB19 (W13-esque).
Max about McLaren's 'cooling trick' with the tyresMax to De Telegraaf: "Yes, absolutely. This is the best feeling in the car that I have had this year so far. The car looks quite a bit different with the updates this weekend."
"In terms of lap time, I don't even think it makes that much difference, compared to the physical differences that you see. But in terms of the set-up of the car, we have clearly made a step forward. The car felt much better today than yesterday."
https://www.telegraaf.nl/sport/21050131 ... in-de-auto"We are working on it. But its not easy, otherwise everyone would've had it on their car. But we're definitely talking about it within the team."
If they could implement it by Austria (rd 11), it would be a gamechanger and the championship would still be on. It's hurting on the qualifying laps. Max is running out of tires for the 2nd half of the lap.euv2 wrote: ↑17 May 2025, 21:01Max about McLaren's 'cooling trick' with the tyresMax to De Telegraaf: "Yes, absolutely. This is the best feeling in the car that I have had this year so far. The car looks quite a bit different with the updates this weekend."
"In terms of lap time, I don't even think it makes that much difference, compared to the physical differences that you see. But in terms of the set-up of the car, we have clearly made a step forward. The car felt much better today than yesterday."
https://t.co/uyQCh96A0s"We are working on it. But its not easy, otherwise everyone would've had it on their car. But we're definitely talking about it within the team."
So, tire cooling update is not ready yet, maybe after the triple header, that would give them a bit more time to work on it.
Yeah, it's not great, Max was decent in sector 3 matching PIA and only a tenth of purple from NOR here, but didn't have enough grip in turn 9 and 12 which was a bit confusing.AR3-GP wrote: ↑17 May 2025, 21:03If they could implement it by Austria (rd 11), it would be a gamechanger and the championship would still be on. It's hurting on the qualifying laps. Max is running out of tires for the 2nd half of the lap.euv2 wrote: ↑17 May 2025, 21:01Max about McLaren's 'cooling trick' with the tyresMax to De Telegraaf: "Yes, absolutely. This is the best feeling in the car that I have had this year so far. The car looks quite a bit different with the updates this weekend."
"In terms of lap time, I don't even think it makes that much difference, compared to the physical differences that you see. But in terms of the set-up of the car, we have clearly made a step forward. The car felt much better today than yesterday."
https://t.co/uyQCh96A0s"We are working on it. But its not easy, otherwise everyone would've had it on their car. But we're definitely talking about it within the team."
So, tire cooling update is not ready yet, maybe after the triple header, that would give them a bit more time to work on it.
sometimes I forget how long these seasons are and there's still time to turns things around.
Autoracer had previously said the brake update will come sooner than it seems was possible. Luckily such an update won't make much difference at Monaco. And im praying they'll have it for Austria onwardsMax to De Telegraaf: "Yes, absolutely. This is the best feeling in the car that I have had this year so far. The car looks quite a bit different with the updates this weekend."
"In terms of lap time, I don't even think it makes that much difference, compared to the physical differences that you see. But in terms of the set-up of the car, we have clearly made a step forward. The car felt much better today than yesterday."
In Bahrein and Miami 55°C+. A 40°C track temperature is fairly warm, but not out of the ordinary.Sergej wrote: ↑17 May 2025, 20:22Track will be 40+ celsius.pantherxxx wrote: ↑17 May 2025, 19:57It will be only 22-23 celsius during the race. I doubt that tyre wear will be a huge problem, at least from thermal degradation, Mclaren will not have the same advantage as in Miami.
