2023 - McLaren Formula 1 Team

[FittingMechanics]

Lando seems disappointed on the team radio - he needs to clear his head.

[Darth-Piekus]

Anyway. Let's go get 4 and 5 if possible.

[Szabi1112]

Bad pace, tactic, pit work.

[Ben1980]

And then we have drivers like Lance Stroll that lets Max pass without a battle and decides to battle both Rusell and Norris like mad despite not having a chance to hold up for too much.

Well Norris has form with that. Don't waste tyres on pointless battles.

[FittingMechanics]

Piastri has much better pace than Lando at the moment. I'd say Lando is frustrated and thus is not fast.

[Darth-Piekus]

What can you do. It happens to everyone. Next year however the team might be in a position to battle for the championship and they need to be flawless.

[Ben1980]

Likely 5th and 6th I'd say. Not disastrous. Not as good as some recent races.

[FittingMechanics]

Piastri once he figures out tyre management will end up being faster than Norris over a season. Norris seems to get frustrated by his mistakes or bad luck.

[Ben1980]

But, when we remember the first race, and the aim to be 4th fastest by year end. Think they've done what they wanted, and then some!

[Szabi1112]

Piastri once he figures out tyre management will end up being faster than Norris over a season. Norris seems to get frustrated by his mistakes or bad luck.

Bad luck? Unable to run a clean and fast lap in q3… actually that ruined his weekend.

[FittingMechanics]

Piastri once he figures out tyre management will end up being faster than Norris over a season. Norris seems to get frustrated by his mistakes or bad luck.

Bad luck? Unable to run a clean and fast lap in q3… actually that ruined his weekend.

Sometimes it really is bad luck - ill timed safety car or a slow pitstop (like today).

[FittingMechanics]

Wow - Perez got 5s penalty for that collision with Norris.

Perez overtook Piastri in the same way - slow braking and then Piastri lets him through in the corner.

[FittingMechanics]

Not sure what Palmer is talking about - there is space on the outside but there is not a racing line on the outside as Perez was not leaving a car width of a line.

[Ben1980]

Wow - Perez got 5s penalty for that collision with Norris.

Perez overtook Piastri in the same way - slow braking and then Piastri lets him through in the corner.

To be fair, he did basically drive into Norris. He caused to collision.

[FittingMechanics]

Good season. Great pace after the upgrades. Slightly unhappy that we didn't finish on a high but that's how it goes sometimes.

See you in preseason testing .