2023 - McLaren Formula 1 Team

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Neither car putting in many laps so far. Anyone know why?

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ort895 wrote:
02 Jun 2023, 14:10
Neither car putting in many laps so far. Anyone know why?
According to the team stream they have been adjusting the front suspension on Oscar's car and the rear suspension on Lando's car. Lots of setup changes being done for the test programme.

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They did csl test for aero testing for the first 20 mins. TBH from the onboards on both cars this is the worst I've seen the car in terms of balance. Understeers in long corners, aswell as twitchy.

The car actually looked really nice on the new prototypes for some reason.

edit: Balanced looked really good at the end on the Prototypes...

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They have plenty of time to find the right setup, they will dial out the understeer for sure. Middle of the park times for a car not really on it is OK.
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The car is 10th best in s3. So I think there is time to find

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organic wrote:
02 Jun 2023, 15:11
The car is 10th best in s3. So I think there is time to find
right after their hot laps, both McLaren drivers went on to do a >10 lap tyre test without topping up, so they definitely were still carrying a good amount of fuel.

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search wrote:
02 Jun 2023, 15:32
organic wrote:
02 Jun 2023, 15:11
The car is 10th best in s3. So I think there is time to find
right after their hot laps, both McLaren drivers went on to do a >10 lap tyre test without topping up, so they definitely were still carrying a good amount of fuel.
No, after fast laps they went to pit.

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Lucky wrote:
02 Jun 2023, 16:07
search wrote:
02 Jun 2023, 15:32
organic wrote:
02 Jun 2023, 15:11
The car is 10th best in s3. So I think there is time to find
right after their hot laps, both McLaren drivers went on to do a >10 lap tyre test without topping up, so they definitely were still carrying a good amount of fuel.
No, after fast laps they went to pit.
It was a quick pitstop to switch to the prototypes

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MrGapes wrote:
02 Jun 2023, 16:12
Lucky wrote:
02 Jun 2023, 16:07
search wrote:
02 Jun 2023, 15:32


right after their hot laps, both McLaren drivers went on to do a >10 lap tyre test without topping up, so they definitely were still carrying a good amount of fuel.
No, after fast laps they went to pit.
It was a quick pitstop to switch to the prototypes
Are you sure that the fuel was not filled in?

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Lucky wrote:
02 Jun 2023, 16:16
MrGapes wrote:
02 Jun 2023, 16:12
Lucky wrote:
02 Jun 2023, 16:07

No, after fast laps they went to pit.
It was a quick pitstop to switch to the prototypes
Are you sure that the fuel was not filled in?
They never went back into the garage, it was a actual timed pitstop haha

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yeah, I checked on the replay as well. Tyre change only, didn't go back into the garage. So they were carrying fuel for 15 laps at least during their run on softs.

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MrGapes wrote:
02 Jun 2023, 16:20
Lucky wrote:
02 Jun 2023, 16:16
MrGapes wrote:
02 Jun 2023, 16:12


It was a quick pitstop to switch to the prototypes
Are you sure that the fuel was not filled in?
They never went back into the garage, it was a actual timed pitstop haha
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Straight out the box car looked far better... far more front end. Track temp has also dropped so that's certainly helped.

The Mclarens are pretty much flat last corner.... insane
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Lando was matching Max and just went to deep 12... car looks really good though