2024 Mclaren Formula 1 Team

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FittingMechanics
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RUS-VER could be spicy.

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mwillems
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And it is losing Rus time. Let's see...

If he can hold on for a couple of laps we're golden.
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michl420
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Norris can try it, it is for a monaco podium. If they crash, Piastri had a free pit stop against Lec and a good chance for the win.

FittingMechanics
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As it looks with VER-RUS, the team may have made the right call. The delta needed to overtake is just too large.

Time to pressure the Ferraris.

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SilviuAgo
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michl420 wrote:
26 May 2024, 17:09
Norris can try it, it is for a monaco podium. If they crash, Piastri had a free pit stop against Lec and a good chance for the win.
😈😈

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Xero
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It's maybe too late to pit now, this will run like this to the end it seems.

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FittingMechanics wrote:
26 May 2024, 17:03
NOR should pit ahead of VER. Take a risk with RUS.

But the team is risk averse.
Risk a P4 simply for the sake of taking a risk? What’s the upside?

Verstappen showing how difficult it is to overtake even with new tires.

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mwillems
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Meh.
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FittingMechanics
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SmallSoldier wrote:
26 May 2024, 17:12
FittingMechanics wrote:
26 May 2024, 17:03
NOR should pit ahead of VER. Take a risk with RUS.

But the team is risk averse.
Risk a P4 simply for the sake of taking a risk? What’s the upside?

Verstappen showing how difficult it is to overtake even with new tires.
He is showing that after I made that post. Difference between P4 and P5 is 2 points. With new tires you probably can get a fastest lap so it is 1 point. Felt like it is worth a risk.

geogate
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nah, it all went Ferraris way, they should just let lando harass sainz to the end, but we just didnt get any breaks today

Emag
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Monaco is always a snooze fest, but this year it has been particularly extra boring. That early red flag literally killed the race. Could have actually skipped this one and given awards after quali yesterday. Would have helped a bit with sustainability as well. Completely pointless running today, just burning fuel and tires for nothing.

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FittingMechanics wrote:
26 May 2024, 17:13
SmallSoldier wrote:
26 May 2024, 17:12
FittingMechanics wrote:
26 May 2024, 17:03
NOR should pit ahead of VER. Take a risk with RUS.

But the team is risk averse.
Risk a P4 simply for the sake of taking a risk? What’s the upside?

Verstappen showing how difficult it is to overtake even with new tires.
He is showing that after I made that post. Difference between P4 and P5 is 2 points. With new tires you probably can get a fastest lap so it is 1 point. Felt like it is worth a risk.
I wouldn’t take a risk for the sake of it… It’s about maximizing points, they are doing the right thing in my mind

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mwillems
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Commentators saying that Verstappen is the example of why Mclaren made the right call to pit. But we'd have pit onto softs and have a lot more pace. Ah well. That's Monaco. Spend over an hour watching a procession hoping for an accident or for a gap to appear that mixes things up that arrives for less than a lap.
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Emag
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And the whole 50 laps before Verstappen pit, it was literally Ferrari managing pace. They had a better car here by quite a decent margin actually, but just out of worry for tires, they were going 3-4 seconds per lap slower than their actual pace.

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Piastri tries to play a team game here.