2024 Mclaren Formula 1 Team

[Macklaren]

On the Autosport forum Rodlamas mentioned that Lando did his time in a race mode. Possibly others used race mode as well but just wanted to share.

"Helmet camera on Norris onboard shows that on his 32.9 lap he is using Strat 5 (high race mode). Qual mode is Strat 2. And of course there are all submodes that are not easy to know."

There is no way they would have been green (rather than purple) in S1 and S3 on Softs (esp. given the S2 purple) if the engine was turned up. May have been race mode, but the engine was still plenty turned down

[Seerix]

I think Tsunoda gained around 0.3 in S1 (power related) and then lost it all in S2 and in S3. So it could be different engine modes compared to RB2 or drag. Not much to talk about really, FP2 will be more interesting as it's close to quali and race track conditions.

[Darth-Piekus]

The team seems much more competitive compared to last year when they had a car that was 1.5 sec off the pace. They are way closer to the top this time considering we are running on a GP that doesnt suit the car.

[Emag]

On the Autosport forum Rodlamas mentioned that Lando did his time in a race mode. Possibly others used race mode as well but just wanted to share.

"Helmet camera on Norris onboard shows that on his 32.9 lap he is using Strat 5 (high race mode). Qual mode is Strat 2. And of course there are all submodes that are not easy to know."

There is no way they would have been green (rather than purple) in S1 and S3 on Softs (esp. given the S2 purple) if the engine was turned up. May have been race mode, but the engine was still plenty turned down

Race mode implies that the engine is turned down.

[Macklaren]

On the Autosport forum Rodlamas mentioned that Lando did his time in a race mode. Possibly others used race mode as well but just wanted to share.

"Helmet camera on Norris onboard shows that on his 32.9 lap he is using Strat 5 (high race mode). Qual mode is Strat 2. And of course there are all submodes that are not easy to know."

There is no way they would have been green (rather than purple) in S1 and S3 on Softs (esp. given the S2 purple) if the engine was turned up. May have been race mode, but the engine was still plenty turned down

Race mode implies that the engine is turned down.

Fair point... Chalk it up to offseason blues... It's RACE WEEK!

[CjC]

If quali mode is strat 2 what the heck is strat 1 for?

[Ben1980]

If quali mode is strat 2 what the heck is strat 1 for?

Mofo mode

[Darth-Piekus]

How much of a difference can qualifying mode give compared to race mode?

[mwillems]

Thanks. I was aware the new tunnel was switched on around the time of Zandvoort and that the MCL60 would not have any tunnel time after that. I'm surprised that the parts going in from late August onwards are the upgrades.

Just what have they got cooking for the next 3 months...

It surprised me as well. I guess lead times for F1 cars are really long and this time it was even worse because I guess it is hard to really switch over from one tunnel to other.

Could mean that the new upgrades are as good as they were last year.

The team have been at pains to suggest the upgrade trajectory will continue. Stella said that the upgrades last year for Austria and Singapore were a result of a total of 4 months development so I'm interested to see exactly what is coming this way and what the Japan upgrade consists of.

As always, we will have to wait and see.

[Mansell89]

Think we’ll be clear of RB Visa when we turn the power up but not at all sure we can edge out Ferrari, Merc or Alonso.

Expect that to change a lot of other tracks but this weekend not sure.

Let’s see FP2 for some clearer indications!

[Ground Effect]

Thanks. I was aware the new tunnel was switched on around the time of Zandvoort and that the MCL60 would not have any tunnel time after that. I'm surprised that the parts going in from late August onwards are the upgrades.

Just what have they got cooking for the next 3 months...

It surprised me as well. I guess lead times for F1 cars are really long and this time it was even worse because I guess it is hard to really switch over from one tunnel to other.

Could mean that the new upgrades are as good as they were last year.

The team have been at pains to suggest the upgrade trajectory will continue. Stella said that the upgrades last year for Austria and Singapore were a result of a total of 4 months development so I'm interested to see exactly what is coming this way and what the Japan upgrade consists of.

As always, we will have to wait and see.

I mean, based on above, if same is followed, one would not be blamed to expect the Japan upgrade to be quite significant, don't you think? But like you said, we will have to wait and see. But it now makes round 1-3 feel like an inconvenience....

[Dafnalina]

On the Autosport forum Rodlamas mentioned that Lando did his time in a race mode. Possibly others used race mode as well but just wanted to share.

"Helmet camera on Norris onboard shows that on his 32.9 lap he is using Strat 5 (high race mode). Qual mode is Strat 2. And of course there are all submodes that are not easy to know."

Do we know if Oscar did, too? His S1 looks a bit better

[_cerber1]

[Emag]

On the Autosport forum Rodlamas mentioned that Lando did his time in a race mode. Possibly others used race mode as well but just wanted to share.

"Helmet camera on Norris onboard shows that on his 32.9 lap he is using Strat 5 (high race mode). Qual mode is Strat 2. And of course there are all submodes that are not easy to know."

Do we know if Oscar did, too? His S1 looks a bit better

Yes, they are both down on power. Ricciardo was more than 10kph faster down the straights ...

[mwillems]

It surprised me as well. I guess lead times for F1 cars are really long and this time it was even worse because I guess it is hard to really switch over from one tunnel to other.

Could mean that the new upgrades are as good as they were last year.

The team have been at pains to suggest the upgrade trajectory will continue. Stella said that the upgrades last year for Austria and Singapore were a result of a total of 4 months development so I'm interested to see exactly what is coming this way and what the Japan upgrade consists of.

As always, we will have to wait and see.

I mean, based on above, if same is followed, one would not be blamed to expect the Japan upgrade to be quite significant, don't you think? But like you said, we will have to wait and see. But it now makes round 1-3 feel like an inconvenience....

Ahaha yeah I did say before that we are going to look at the cars for three races and the start the benchmarking all over when a few teams bring upgrades to Japan!

I can't find the articles I thought I'd read but I'm sure I saw somewhere, a quote from Stella, saying the Japan upgrade wasn't a big upgrade. So I think I'm just going to just wait and see what comes along as you'd think that Stella might be being a bit less "bullish" after seeing the RB and having a few delays to some projects. Or maybe I'm misremembering.

As someone else said, it may well be a case of keeping quiet until it is time to let everyone see what we have so we will see.

But in the meantime I hope we have a good race, can be inside the top 6 or very close to it and give the pilots the opportunity to get their elbows out on Saturday.