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.
Or to take it even further, they can completely re-set up their car after Qualifying.adrianjordan wrote:With only 18 cars running anyway, I'd be tempted to change the whole PU and start from the pitlane...
CjC wrote:P15 or 16 on the grid for button... Seems he has to change a gearbox... That's new news?
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http://m.skysports.com/article/formula1//9541593
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http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/116545
Great.
Fernado getting a p3 in Fp2 driving a hump.
"That ass ..."Diesel wrote:I wonder what he's looking at?
Firing 12 people who designed fundamental part of MP4-30 is nonsense. Also, reorganising tech department 3 months before first test, why would they do that? It's amazing how Italians know so much about McLaren (Honda PU is unreliable and they're 3 months behind schedule, Dennis is forced to leave, half tech department is leaving, next week they'll announce that Prodromou is leaving).mclaren_mircea wrote:Big news leaking from Omnicorse. According to them, Doug McKiernan, Principal Aerodynamicsts (the butter fly suspension, was his idea) along with other engineers have been fired this week. Jonathan Neale gave Matt Morris free hand to reorganise the technical department, because in the coming weeks, there will be new people coming in Mclaren, even a couple of them from Ferrari.
Source: http://www.omnicorse.it/magazine/43462/ ... licenziati
Following the arrival of chief engineer Peter Prodromou in September, McLaren bosses have moved to make its organisation more efficient.
That has resulted in a number of staff being told that they no longer have a future at the team.
This includes its head of aerodynamics Doug McKiernan, who has been put on gardening leave.
A McLaren spokesman told AUTOSPORT: "We are working extremely hard to get McLaren back to where it belongs - at the very front of the grid.
Team insiders say that Prodromou has impressed since joining McLaren, and the first fruits of his labours will be seen at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with a major upgrade to the car.
