Mclaren MP4-30 Honda

[Hail22]

They had this in Austin already. Looks like we will se a Monkey Seat soon or at latest in 2016.

Perhaps or possibly simulating exhaust gases in an attempt to gain an advantage with next years rule allowing another outlet for the wastegate?

[GoranF1]

They had this in Austin already. Looks like we will se a Monkey Seat soon or at latest in 2016.

Perhaps or possibly simulating exhaust gases in an attempt to gain an advantage with next years rule allowing another outlet for the wastegate?

my thoughts exactly.... =D>

[Crucial_Xtreme]

Great shot of the MP4-30 floor

[theWPTformula]

It's interesting to see how little they've had to open up the bodywork in comparison to others. No notable thermal issues despite the tight packaging. Impressive!

[DiogoBrand]

The car is showing good pace on the last rounds, constantly inside the top 10, and of course we can't judge results from practice very much, but 1,5s off on a very fast track is a very good pace in comparison to earlier this year.
IMO the team still lacks consistency, they're loosing more points because of crashes and breakdowns than because of pace, maybe they're pushing their components too much to compensate for the lack of potential and that's causing all those problems, and let's not forget they're using a lot more PU's than almost everyone else.
Anyway, I think the car and PU show great improvement, and as much as I didn't wanna do this, I'm getting good expectations for next season.

[Joseki]

I think that getting out of Q1 with both car will be a great result since we all know that Honda will suffer greatly because of their problems with the compressor.

[damager21]

Fernando Alonso believes McLaren can find 2.5 seconds per lap in F1
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/121548

I think McLaren and Honda management presented next year's plan to both the drivers to recover 2.5 secs. Alonso very smartly came out in open about this to put additional pressure on the team to ensure that they stick to their plan and recover 2.5 secs, If they dont deliver, there will be further humiliation and backlash which McLaren Honda will have to face next year. No wonder Eric immediately came out with a statement that recovering 2.5 secs before the first race will be too optimistic but recovering this over the next year season is more realistic.

Also, I think 2.5 secs will put them in the mix with Red Bull (provided they use Renault engine). Their current gap to Mercedes is 2.5 secs so they need minimum 3 secs improvement to fight them.

[GoranF1]

An onboard lap whit Fernando and MP4-30 and its re-charge problems.

[Hail22]

Mexico GP - FP3 / Quali

[andrewhake]

Does anyone have any insight as to why nearly all of the current exhausts have a thicker or slightly expanded tip? This seems to be common across nearly all of the field.

[Juzh]

An onboard lap whit Fernando and MP4-30 and its re-charge problems.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie6p0NB ... e=youtu.be

Where is the lack of re-charge a problem in this video? I can't see it.

[damager21]

An onboard lap whit Fernando and MP4-30 and its re-charge problems.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie6p0NB ... e=youtu.be

Where is the lack of re-charge a problem in this video? I can't see it.

I think he starts the lap with about 100% charge and ends with about 15% left. Seems like deployment is much higher than harvesting. Also, they could have set their deployment at a low efficiency of 50% otherwise half way through the lap Alonso would have exhausted all that was available.

[GoranF1]

An onboard lap whit Fernando and MP4-30 and its re-charge problems.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie6p0NB ... e=youtu.be

Where is the lack of re-charge a problem in this video? I can't see it.

i suggest you look at other cars on-boards...

[Alonsofor2017]

Order of chassiss at beginning of season:
1 Mercedes
2 Ferrari
3 red bull
4 Toro Rosso
5 Williams, McLaren
6 force India
7 lotus, sauber
8 manor

As of now:
1 red bull
2 Mercedes, Ferrari
3 Toro Rosso, McLaren
4 Williams
5 force India
6 lotus
7 sauber
8 Manor

I believe mcLaren are now not that far away from Mercedes in terms of aero due to sector Times in windy parts of tracks and as it is the beginning of this concept for them they have a lot more room for developement for next year
Red bull have had great aero developement after adjusting to new nose and Ferrari have just about caught merc , lotus have pulled away from sauber in terms of aero

It's hard to tell because we don't know how the cars would act with different engines , these is my personal view opinions welcome

[ollandos]

An onboard lap whit Fernando and MP4-30 and its re-charge problems.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie6p0NB ... e=youtu.be

Where is the lack of re-charge a problem in this video? I can't see it.

i suggest you look at other cars on-boards...

on dashboard right side the crossbar is for electrical power