2016 McLaren F1 Team - Honda

[the EDGE]

http://hasmclarenhondawonyet.com/

I take it this is from the people who run/ran the Maldonado site??

Every time I pass the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking I always wonder whether the Rocker Red lights they use to light-up the glass McLaren sign outside the centre when they win still work, and whether Ron has them serviced regularly in anticipation of the moment

[adrianjordan]

http://hasmclarenhondawonyet.com/

I take it this is from the people who run/ran the Maldonado site??

Every time I pass the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking I always wonder whether the Rocker Red lights they use to light-up the glass McLaren sign outside the centre when they win still work, and whether Ron has them serviced regularly in anticipation of the moment

They're selling rocket red t-shirts again....so probably!!

Love my 2013 rocket red t-shirt...got it free at a demo run as they didn't need them that year!!

[cmF1]

Diageo, owner of Johnnie Walker, has 34% of Chandon's stakes. I wouldn't exactly call them "separate companies"

I work for Diageo at their headquarters in Park Royal London. Trust me. They are separate companies. Everyone has stakes in everything. That doesn't mean it's the same company.

[Scuderia1967]

Diageo, owner of Johnnie Walker, has 34% of Chandon's stakes. I wouldn't exactly call them "separate companies"

I work for Diageo at their headquarters in Park Royal London. Trust me. They are separate companies. Everyone has stakes in everything. That doesn't mean it's the same company.

I never said they're the same company

[cmF1]

You said "I wouldn't exactly call them separate companies". Stop picking holes in what I'm saying.

[turbof1]

Ownership is not always the same as interdepency. A quick search for information gives me the impression Diageo has significant stocks in several beverage companies. Wikipedia gives it the fancy title of largest produces of spirit, but the impression I have is that Diageo is, atleast part of its company operations, a major player in a niche stock exchange, investing a large financial part in a stock portfolio of beverage companies.

As a large owner of the shares, it will debate company decisions at the General Meetings of johnie walker, but overall I think they work independent from one another.

[cmF1]

Diageo pretty much has shares in every aspect of the rum market for example. Be it from the fields and farms the sugar cane is grown in, to the bottling firms, and the labelling companies, then through to distribution.

Anyway we digress. Back to the subject matter of the thread.

[McG]

McLaren off to a good start with 36 laps before lunch. Fingers crossed this continues.

[kaepernickus]

Doesn't sound so bad coming from Albert Fabrega.
I don't really speak Spanish, so bear with me/my translation and correct if necessary:

Boullier is positive about the new MP4-31:"We have improved, but still don't now how much. There's no drama."
https://twitter.com/AlbertFabrega/statu ... 5995661312

[vantage87]

Jenson Button says Honda have made massive improvements to the deployment of electrical energy over the winter after completing his first miles in the 2016 McLaren.


"It is difficult to say in terms of power because this won't be the engine we take to the first race. The deployment is so much better. I don't know if it is the same as the other guys have but it feels like it is. That is a big step for us,"

"This isn't a track where you struggle for deployment over one timed lap, but over a long run we were struggling massively and losing four or five tenths on a lap, whereas now we don't so we have gained lap time back over a long run.
"It is much better, very easy to understand the deployment and to play with it and it listens to change which is good. It is good to see all the hard work over the winter has paid off."

"There were reasonable amount of laps today, in general things have run reliably and smoothly. There are things you have to take time with to make sure you are doing them correctly but things are a lot smoother!"

[Sayeman]

bit disappointed with the pace but atleast the car was reliable. ..anyone got any top speed chart? read the engine sounds much cleaner this year?

[godlameroso]

Don't pay attention to the fastest lap times, look at the stints. They're about a second and a half behind right now as it is.

[vantage87]

Jenson Button says McLaren-Honda has slashed its lap times by 'four or five tenths' per lap after fixing its engine ERS deployment system over the winter.
http://www.crash.net/f1/news/227806/1/b ... mpaign=rss

[ollandos]

my view is mclaren boys thinking race win this year ....but after the last season they dont wont to say nothing ........and its all about how fast can run the develop .....maybe the mercedes-ferrari can help this year for more luck. at results....

[DiogoBrand]

Jenson Button says McLaren-Honda has slashed its lap times by 'four or five tenths' per lap after fixing its engine ERS deployment system over the winter.
http://www.crash.net/f1/news/227806/1/b ... mpaign=rss

Four or five tenths sounds like what an already competitive team could improve over the winter. Doesn't sound that good to me