Because it is painted and decaled to represent the 29!astracrazy wrote:your right - look at the fw camera's which are too low. But why on earth they put mp4-29 on the rear wing - why not put mp4-24..
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McLaren have finally announced their new driver line-up for 2015 as it embarks on a new era with Honda power. While Fernando Alonso joins from Ferrari, Jenson Button is retained as a racing racing. Kevin Magnussen will stay at the team as test and reserve driver.
Because it is painted and decaled to represent the 29!astracrazy wrote:your right - look at the fw camera's which are too low. But why on earth they put mp4-29 on the rear wing - why not put mp4-24..
A driver who describes what the car is doing as feedback is doing the bare minimum of what is required. That is the mark of a good driver. But a great driver like Alonso, Vettel, Schumacher, Senna can dictate and shape the car around their driving style as quickly as possible. And Jenson doesn't do this on the same level in my view. Thus mclarens package isn't optimised.Del Boy wrote:One of the reasons this is often mentioned is because of how drivers react to cars. Drivers are said to prefer cars that oversteer or under steer and therefore because of this preference their judgement is relative to what they prefer. Cars can be built to naturally under or oversteer (road cars have under steer designed into them) therefore if your driver likes/prefers/has better aptitude for say oversteer you can build a car to suit his preference and enhance his natural talent. Which should make the car faster. Of course the placebo effect could also be in play!?JDC123 wrote:I've never understood this in the past when people have said driver x is better than driver y because he is better at developing the car. The driver has no understanding of the design of the car or how different areas of development will improve/affect the car. All he does is describe what is happening during the lap e.g. understeer at turn 4, oversteer on exit of turn 9 etc, and even then most of those details will appear in the telemetry anyway. My point is surely every driver can describe what he feels in the car during a lap, so how can particular drivers be labeled a good development driver?rich1701 wrote:I think Mclaren's problem is Jenson Button. He isn't able to provide a direction for the team on setup or development. When things go wrong, he is clueless.
Agreed, and having a rookie every year won't help developing the car. McLaren need a top driver.rich1701 wrote:Del Boy wrote:JDC123 wrote:
A driver who describes what the car is doing as feedback is doing the bare minimum of what is required. That is the mark of a good driver. But a great driver like Alonso, Vettel, Schumacher, Senna can dictate and shape the car around their driving style as quickly as possible. And Jenson doesn't do this on the same level in my view. Thus mclarens package isn't optimised.
/facepalmmclaren_mircea wrote:What means this: "Part of the effort involves the signing of key new aerodynamicists. AUTOSPORT can reveal they include Tony Salter from Sauber and Guillaume Cattelani from Lotus.
These will help the team in the period before aero chief Peter Prodromou comes on board next year, and while the legal uncertainty remains over Dan Fallows."
They signed only for a determined period of 6 months they will help the team until Prodromou comes on board? Or that they will take on their shoulders the amount of work until Peter comes, but will remain at Mclaren after than anyway?
