2024 Mclaren Formula 1 Team

[Ben1980]

Tomorrow not looking much better!

[Darth-Piekus]

If it doesn't happen tomorrow with what Qualifying Classification they will go?

[McL-H]

If it doesn't happen tomorrow with what Qualifying Classification they will go?

I believe sprint result will determine the starting grid then, as it’s the last competitive session they’ve had. But someone correct me if I’m wrong.

[Watto]

If it doesn't happen tomorrow with what Qualifying Classification they will go?

I don't think there is any set rule

A normal weekend, they would go off FP3.

On a sprint weekend if they can't get sprint quali in they go off FP1 for the print race but there doesn't seem to be an actually written rule for the main race. Speculation it could be from sprint quali, or the sprint race results not black and white rule different teams are reading the rule book differently.

[CjC]

Not sure if it relevant but I went on the F1 timing app during ‘qualifying’ today and the order they had the cars before any running was the finishing order from FP1

[FittingMechanics]

I think it is clearly FP1 results if no qualy.

But they will do everything to run it.

[bauc]

I'm late to the party but great sprint Race, again a bit of unnecessary drama about the swap of the positions but ended all okey for us.

The weather situation can be another SPA fiasco, I hope we can race tomorrow.

[BMMR61]

Hope this isn’t another GP when dominance is undone by weather.

[SilviuAgo]

Qualifying is now set for 7:30 a.m. local time in São Paulo (10:30 GMT), while the race has been moved up from 14:00 to 12:30 (15:30 GMT).

However, more rain is forecast for Sunday in São Paulo. But the adjusted times should give F1 and the FIA the best opportunity to complete both qualifying and the race.

Regarding order if no quali may be done then there is no clear statement in the regulation. It will be up to the Stewards to decide if they consider:
a) FP1 order
b) sprint quali order
c) championship order (this will be valid starting 2025 rules since an agreement for 2024 was not reached).

Anyway, McLaren is well placed in all 3 options.

[BMMR61]

Regarding that the thing which we shouldn't even dignify by talking about it, the Horner philosophy is throw enough s%#t around and something will stick. Of course it's a flawed philosophy because people want to see what's stuck to your own hands.

Red Bull are currently 63 points behind in the WCC and there's a good chance after the next round they will have lost the championship. The RB tears are flooding Sao Paulo and I'm enjoying the spectacle.

[FittingMechanics]

Race being moved to earlier is good news. More room to delay for favorable weather if needed (I think they can delay the start).

Another potential benefit is shorter window to run qualifying. If they use FP1, SQ, SR or even championship results it always is good for McLaren. Best obviously if it is FP1 but that would cause an uproar (even though it seems to be the rule).

[lh13]

Regarding that the thing which we shouldn't even dignify by talking about it, the Horner philosophy is throw enough s%#t around and something will stick. Of course it's a flawed philosophy because people want to see what's stuck to your own hands.

Red Bull are currently 63 points behind in the WCC and there's a good chance after the next round they will have lost the championship. The RB tears are flooding Sao Paulo and I'm enjoying the spectacle.

RBR is probably the only team around that doesn't care as much about the WCC, else they would've replaced Checo a long time ago.

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[Watto]

Regarding that the thing which we shouldn't even dignify by talking about it, the Horner philosophy is throw enough s%#t around and something will stick. Of course it's a flawed philosophy because people want to see what's stuck to your own hands.

Red Bull are currently 63 points behind in the WCC and there's a good chance after the next round they will have lost the championship. The RB tears are flooding Sao Paulo and I'm enjoying the spectacle.

RBR is probably the only team around that doesn't care as much about the WCC, else they would've replaced Checo a long time ago.

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I think they would have liked the WCC. But i did wonder a little if once the realized their development path was off if they were happy enought to let that go and get more CFD and wind tunnel time. I think they gave it up long ago really now.

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[SilviuAgo]

I was thinking to this, if the new wing is a good choice for a wet race, but is a risky approach, if things go wrong in quali then also the race will be painful. Hope they know what they are doing. I am sure last night was a loooong night at Woking MTC testing a lot of options for today.