He speaks of Alonso here.CjC wrote:Autosport plus article:
Boullier's optimism is also partly rooted in the restructuring of McLaren's technical team that he has undertaken since arriving in Woking. The team developed the MP4-29 pretty well across the season, and Boullier believes the combination of an enhanced McLaren technical structure and Honda will surprise the sceptics.
"Don't underestimate the McLaren power as well," Boullier says. "It may not have delivered performance on track the last two years, but the power is still there. With what we have done, McLaren is back.
"This is why a lot of people – and some we cannot name here – have been seriously convinced about what we are doing. Even if there is some pain going through, they know this is the right place to be for the future."
This future didn't have the brightest start in Abu Dhabi this week, but if McLaren and Honda are worried, they are doing a very good job of looking relaxed about it.
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My question is: why did they start mounting que mp429h on monday? They could start working on it inside a truck on saturday or friday and have the car built for tuesday.PlatinumZealot wrote:
He speaks of Alonso here.
Ok. The Fault was on the Mclaren side. If you look on the Mechanics at the Abu test, they are the same from the race and the same from the Silverstone test. Those guys are tired physically and mentally after a year of racing. Not to mention the guys back at the factory are not as versed as putting a car together under pressure. It is normal to expect that someone screwed up along the way and connect the big red wire to the big blue wire. The whole electrical system was working fine in Silverstone when they had more time to put it together. that's my take on it anyway.
Maybe the rules about only have 2 chassis's with powertrains installed? Not sure but when did the F1 hardware get flown to the UAE? Is it possible it wasn't the same engine and chassis from the Silverstone Test/Filming day?Trocola wrote:My question is: why did they start mounting que mp429h on monday? They could start working on it inside a truck on saturday or friday and have the car built for tuesday.PlatinumZealot wrote:
He speaks of Alonso here.
Ok. The Fault was on the Mclaren side. If you look on the Mechanics at the Abu test, they are the same from the race and the same from the Silverstone test. Those guys are tired physically and mentally after a year of racing. Not to mention the guys back at the factory are not as versed as putting a car together under pressure. It is normal to expect that someone screwed up along the way and connect the big red wire to the big blue wire. The whole electrical system was working fine in Silverstone when they had more time to put it together. that's my take on it anyway.
That's why I said on a truck or wherever they want outside the track facilities.ParkerArt wrote:
Maybe the rules about only have 2 chassis's with powertrains installed? Not sure but when did the F1 hardware get flown to the UAE? Is it possible it wasn't the same engine and chassis from the Silverstone Test/Filming day?
It'd be more correct to say that Mercedes lost 3 races. Other that that, Mercedes were always, from the first day of Jerez and on, looking to be in good shape. After the first Bahrain test, they were the title favourites with Williams a reliable second.flmkane wrote:So much hate here. Wow.
Anyone else remember how Mercedes started the year with a front wing failure? Literally broke off of Hamilton's car.
Not to mention a few brake issues.
Or, how about the Renault debacle. Red Bull still won 3 races despite their engine not working till Australia.
Exactly how is that a response to my previous post?ParkerArt wrote:It'd be more correct to say that Mercedes lost 3 races. Other that that, Mercedes were always, from the first day of Jerez and on, looking to be in good shape. After the first Bahrain test, they were the title favourites with Williams a reliable second.flmkane wrote:So much hate here. Wow.
Anyone else remember how Mercedes started the year with a front wing failure? Literally broke off of Hamilton's car.
Not to mention a few brake issues.
Or, how about the Renault debacle. Red Bull still won 3 races despite their engine not working till Australia.
langwadt wrote:I simply don't get it, they are multi million euro operations and they can't bolt then engine and systems to a frame and drive
it around the car park or put the F1 car on a dyno until they have all the gremlins sorted out before they show up to a test
and embarrass themselves?
afaict there is no rules against running the car on a dyno with out wings, so whats the excuse for messing around with
wiring problems in public at a test with limit time?
I think early 2014 (he mentions spring at 02:40)Blackout wrote:It would be useful to know when this interview with Yasuhisa Arai has been recoded https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auMPh18o8ag He talks about the key dates of the new engine project... (description says 6.2014 but it's not accurate IMO)