Did McLaren continue from where they finished the last race?
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The last 10 minutes were crazy! Lando was sliding all over the place for most of it.
Yes, but the MCL35 was just a conceptual continuation of the concept introduced with the MCL33 by Tim Goss and Matt Morris, and fixed by Pat Fry for the MCL34. The first car whose concept was entirely Keys, was the MCL36 of last year.Ground Effect wrote: ↑21 Jul 2023, 14:49The first car to be overseen by Key was the MCL35, the 2020 car. There were no FIA restrictions then, that came during the covid disrupted season in 2020 for the 2021 car, where the token system was introduced, but McLaren had to give up theirs in exchange for switching to the Mercedes PU.BMMR61 wrote: ↑21 Jul 2023, 13:37Regarding Key’s impact on car concepts his joining in 2019 meant his first design was meant to be the 2020 car. However the FIA restrictions on development in combination with the change to Mercedes PU meant the 35M was largely a repowered MCL35. So James Key’s first clean sheet designed McLaren was the evolutionary 2021 which was a gentle improvement on its predecessor. last year’s dismal car was most definitely not an improvement in the first year of the ground effect cars. His second go was equally poor and internal rumblings it now seems were at play late last year. The current car is doing pretty well for a “band aid” car, arguably because the primary cause of the poor performance was a lack of aero integration. The handling issue complained of won’t be resolved until, at the earliest, a clean sheet design is introduced next year. I imagine the team are learning an awful lot from the successful change of direction they have taken.Ground Effect wrote: ↑21 Jul 2023, 11:55
James Key joined in 2019, Fernando left at the end of the 2018 season.
Slahinki wrote: ↑21 Jul 2023, 15:17Yes, but the MCL35 was just a conceptual continuation of the concept introduced with the MCL33 by Tim Goss and Matt Morris, and fixed by Pat Fry for the MCL34. The first car whose concept was entirely Keys, was the MCL36 of last year.Ground Effect wrote: ↑21 Jul 2023, 14:49The first car to be overseen by Key was the MCL35, the 2020 car. There were no FIA restrictions then, that came during the covid disrupted season in 2020 for the 2021 car, where the token system was introduced, but McLaren had to give up theirs in exchange for switching to the Mercedes PU.BMMR61 wrote: ↑21 Jul 2023, 13:37
Regarding Key’s impact on car concepts his joining in 2019 meant his first design was meant to be the 2020 car. However the FIA restrictions on development in combination with the change to Mercedes PU meant the 35M was largely a repowered MCL35. So James Key’s first clean sheet designed McLaren was the evolutionary 2021 which was a gentle improvement on its predecessor. last year’s dismal car was most definitely not an improvement in the first year of the ground effect cars. His second go was equally poor and internal rumblings it now seems were at play late last year. The current car is doing pretty well for a “band aid” car, arguably because the primary cause of the poor performance was a lack of aero integration. The handling issue complained of won’t be resolved until, at the earliest, a clean sheet design is introduced next year. I imagine the team are learning an awful lot from the successful change of direction they have taken.
