2024 Mclaren Formula 1 Team

[FittingMechanics]

With the current pace we may undercut Perez.

[mwillems]

Piastri on hards catching Alonso

[Mansell89]

Coming alive on the hard tyre here- hoping having that extra set will prove very useful

[FittingMechanics]

Piastri on hards catching Alonso

Am I wrong to think that VER will come out behind us? PER is 3s behind.

[mwillems]

Unfortunately the Ferrari looks more agile at this point, but the longer we keep the Ferraris behind the better. A change to hards and this race will come to us I just hope we get the undercut.

Hards may be an advantage. We can go earlier to undercut.

I do wish we gambled with one car going Hard-Hard.

Going hards makes sense, I feel like we still haven't pushed them in a race and that we can get more pace from them than we were comfortable extracting so far. But we know our car likes them and keeps them alive very well.

[mwillems]

Piastri on hards catching Alonso

Am I wrong to think that VER will come out behind us? PER is 3s behind.

Nope lol

[FittingMechanics]

Ah, HAM blocked us. This lap was 2s slower than what NOR could do.

[mwillems]

Both were push hard to get the tyres up to temp and to make the stop count. It's worked!

[Slahinki]

Two Mercedes two laps in a row.

[FittingMechanics]

Both were push hard to get the tyres up to temp and to make the stop count. It's worked!

Without HAM we may have troubled VER for P1 but it's likely they would have just pitted a lap or two earlier.

[FittingMechanics]

PIT → NOR
08:04
Try to avoid the snaps at T7. We're in a race with VER, PER and SAI. They all have to fit a Hard at some point.

[mwillems]

Mediums suddenly not looking much faster than hards, if at all.

[Slahinki]

Now let's see if we can keep Perez behind.

[Slahinki]

So that's a no then.

[mwillems]

As fast as we are, you can see other cars with more grip.in the slower and med slow lomg corners still. As the race goes on I think the tables will turn.