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.
I'm not surprised to be honest. As far as I can find the FRIC system on the McLarens is quite basic and therefore not overly complicated to remove rather than risk disqualification.trinidefender wrote:Seems McLaren will be removing the FRIC system for Germany:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/114963
No, it's the same every year. 28A, 27A, 26A, ...akshat21 wrote:Nice article on Sky Sports with Eric Boullier. However, the thing I find most interesting is towards the end of the article, where he call the MP-29, 29A, suggesting the possibility that if they didn't go well in Silverstone, they had a B-spec car ready?
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They have to run the same gearbox for 5 consecutive races. They did it for 6. This is what i dont understand-CjC wrote:Isn't that how long they need to run a box for? As I recall they haven't DNFed for awhile so haven't been able to break the sequence.
That's because it's 6 consective races they have to run the same gearbox for, not 5.gary123 wrote:They have to run the same gearbox for 5 consecutive races. They did it for 6. This is what i dont understand-CjC wrote:Isn't that how long they need to run a box for? As I recall they haven't DNFed for awhile so haven't been able to break the sequence.
Take a break... Mclaren's improvements are obvious. In normal conditions Jenson would have been in Q3 too. Magnussen was faster than both Red Bulls and Ferraris. Even if on a single lap it's a big step for Mclaren compared to where they were in April-May 2014, in China and Spain. They are closing the gap with Bulls and Ferraris on overall.Hobbs04 wrote:Ron Dennis has been trying to entice sponsors. He was about to lose Johnny Walker, so in an effort to gain more attention to a certain sponsor for the next 10 races new aero bits for people to stare at for countless hours. After the success of the "Acer duct" Acer's stock has tripled. Matter of fact going to pour myself a glass of ol Johnny right now.
Yes, as predicted due to FRIC-ban. Now what is your point with the rear wing?mclaren_mircea wrote: Take a break... Mclaren's improvements are obvious.
They changed the gearbox aswell, there is text above that we cant see but its a list of changing gearbox.Sasha wrote:They changed Gear Ratios not transmission.
I think they can now only do that once a year so this is the Gear Ratios for the rest of the year!
