McLaren blamed the engine. They were very roundabout when the did it. Team members kept repeating they had a glorious chassis every chance they got.SmallSoldier wrote: ↑23 Mar 2022, 17:45Well… First, the 2017 engine was subpar, with less power than the 2016 engine, an engine that blew itself into pieces more times than it actually completed races and that limited the mileage on the car so much, that even understanding it’s problems was a Herculean task… Therefore McLaren blaming that engine wasn’t wrong… You are also drawing a link between the 2018 MCL33 lack of downforce and drag to the MCL32, which again is wrong.
But regardless of the above:
A) Is McLaren blaming the engine? No, they aren’t… Therefore you are creating a narrative in order to elicit a reaction… You are just trolling
B) Why bring in 2022 an issue from 2017 that will just create an argument? This will just create a discussion that has been done ad nauseam, that has polarizing opinions and that adds no value whatsoever to the 2022 McLaren thread… You are just trolling
I guess you achieved what you wanted, elicit a reaction based on a post that adds absolute no value… And I bit the bait… Trolling effort was successful!
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Q: Eric, you said that it dawned on you even at the Barcelona tests in February that 2017 would be another disastrous year. Can you talk us through the discussions that set in at that very moment?
Eric Boullier: That’s easily told: I went to the management, showed them the data and told them that we cannot accept another year like this. We had a tough first year with Honda, we had a tough second year, and had expected progress good enough to get us back to where we belong – but Barcelona showed that we would go backwards and that was absolutely not an option. I obviously warned them about the consequences of another year of no results, where you keep everybody afloat.
EB: Oh yes, a lot. When you look at what we have achieved in terms of car performance – chassis performance – we know that we are back on the podium, at the top.
Q: So the car is a podium contender, but now you have to deal with a completely new power unit for 2018. Could that potentially set you back again?
EB: You have to adapt and adjust to the engine layout, but the architecture will remain the same. We have a clever concept, so it’s not going to be a big drama. Sometimes we are trying not to be stupid! (Laughs)
Q: You will have the same engine as Red Bull Racing in 2018 – so they should not have a massive advantage and you should not have a big handicap…
EB: Both no. Maybe we made the decision to change the engine manufacturer two weeks too late for our schedule – but these two weeks have almost been recovered.
We know how that turned out when they switched to Renault.
