2022 - McLaren Formula 1 Team

[bauc]

Okey now my full circle of pain is complete



Dont give up, we will get back were we belong

[Macklaren]

Before the weekend I told my wife that if McLaren perform as expected (top 4), I will go and buy a new large tv to enjoy the races to the max.

Yesterday she felt so bad for me that today she went out an bought me one herself

Thanks McLaren?

HAHA #silverlinings

[CjC]

Before the weekend I told my wife that if McLaren perform as expected (top 4), I will go and buy a new large tv to enjoy the races to the max.

Yesterday she felt so bad for me that today she went out an bought me one herself

Thanks McLaren?

Go Mrs Balalu

[CjC]

Lando says it could get worse
https://www.racefans.net/2022/03/21/im- ... be-norris/

Looks like he’s preparing himself (and us fans) to have to wait till mid-season at best for any substantial upgrade

[_cerber1]

Lando says it could get worse
https://www.racefans.net/2022/03/21/im- ... be-norris/

Looks like he’s preparing himself (and us fans) to have to wait till mid-season at best for any substantial upgrade

But it's honest. I don't think it can be fixed quickly, if at all possible or rational this year.

[mclaren_mircea]

Gutted for Lando... but to this day I cant understand why he extended for such a long period with Mclaren because he was already on a multi years contract. His old contract would not have ended not even in 2023. At least I hope he has some sort of performance clause to get out of Mclaren if necesarry. Since 1999... or since 2008 we always hear the same reasons. That in the mid term they would fight for titles. All sort of excuses since the position of a customer team (now they are here again), to the Whitmarsh strategical errors, to Honda, to facilities. And now they say it wont happen until 2026. It is not fair for Lando. He needs to find a way out to the top teams.

[PhillipM]

You're gonna be 3 weeks before they can even get parts there to work on the brakes, never mind anything else.

[bauc]

Most important now is to know/understand what the issues are rather the time it takes to implement them.

[daren_p]

As I have said a few times sort out the brakes and establish the cars true baseline then go from there, I do have to wonder if they are a little under on PU cooling or Mercs assessment of how much cooling it requires was off, both Mclaren and AM were told to turn down the engines to cool them down

I do find this rather interesting as it was said during testing that McLaren had the most cooling of any Merc powered team.

While it appears the Merc PU may no longer be the class leader, one would assume its not terrible as while the lowest 3 teams were all Merc powered, Merc themselves weren't miles off the pace & remember they too are dealing with issues. So while the Merc PU may not be flattering the car, it certainty isn't the main issue.

As said the car was understeering massively at the Bahrain GP while from what I saw, didn't look too bad at Barcelona. Hopefully this is front brake related & can be improved upon with the updated/permanent parts.

[Marc.W]

I just don't see how we're going to claw back 2 seconds plus in race pace to the guys in front, it can't all be brakes and power unit? Especially if Mercedes are able to be up there

[SmallSoldier]

Top speed wasn’t as horrible as I expected it to be:

https://i.imgur.com/J5Uv6Ph.png

Top speed during the race, as recorded by this statistic, is pretty meaningless considering it is highly correlated with availability of DRS and getting a decent slipstream; race winner Leclerc was last in the speed trap at 302.6kph.

They all have had DRS at one point or another during the race on the main straight, with the exception of Leclerc that was leading the race without DRS for most of it… I expected them to be at the bottom of of the statistic and it wasn’t the case, that’s all.

[bauc]

I just don't see how we're going to claw back 2 seconds plus in race pace to the guys in front, it can't all be brakes and power unit? Especially if Mercedes are able to be up there

Bad set up can put you back 1 second off pace, with the combination of general lack of grip (cant accelerate/low traction in slow and middle speed corners) can result exactly to what we see now.

[Macklaren]

2022 going to be like 2009. Season starts at the back of the grid for Mclaren after a major regulation change but with regular development the car can be a race winner in the final 1/3rd of the season #hope&prayer

[bauc]

2022 going to be like 2009. Season starts at the back of the grid for Mclaren after a major regulation change but with regular development the car can be a race winner in the final 1/3rd of the season #hope&prayer

It would be a dream comeback but what is different to 2009 is budget limitation and use of development tools (wind tunnel ect...)

[McL-H]

2022 going to be like 2009. Season starts at the back of the grid for Mclaren after a major regulation change but with regular development the car can be a race winner in the final 1/3rd of the season #hope&prayer

We had a 480 million budget back then. You can kiss that hope good night.