McLaren MP4-31 Honda

[mrluke]

Fernando ran a low DF Rear Wing and no Monkey Seat in FP1. Don't know if it was on the Car for the whole Session but after the Red Flag he ran it with Red Flow Viz.

From McLaren Twitter:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ClJYRg0UYAA1SJj.jpg

Amaizing how skinny that rear end is.

Great picture

At the exit of pit i saw MP4-31 and the TR from the back....it seems Honda has a lot less cooling needs than 2015 Ferrari.

Bit off topic but TR had to design their car before they knew how much cooling the 15 Ferrari PU would need .

I don't think you can caveat high top speeds by saying they were running low downforce or in a tow, this is going to be true for the other teams as well.

[Jef Patat]

https://twitter.com/antoniogranato/stat ... 2895572992 Anyone knows what the lower right measurement is?

[Jolle]

https://twitter.com/antoniogranato/stat ... 2895572992
Anyone knows what the lower right measurement is?

Oh no... Now it's all clear, the McLaren is 94.0% a TWat

[Drica]

https://twitter.com/antoniogranato/stat ... 2895572992
Anyone knows what the lower right measurement is?

Oh no... Now it's all clear, the McLaren is 94.0% a TWat

[nevill3]

https://twitter.com/antoniogranato/stat ... 2895572992
Anyone knows what the lower right measurement is?

Oh no... Now it's all clear, the McLaren is 94.0% a TWat

I think that is actually a 90.0 degrees TWat, that makes them very HOT

[Jolle]

https://twitter.com/antoniogranato/stat ... 2895572992
Anyone knows what the lower right measurement is?

Oh no... Now it's all clear, the McLaren is 94.0% a TWat

I think that is actually a 90.0 degrees TWat, that makes them very HOT

And the ball-press is already at 45%, James Hunt would be proud!

[godlameroso]

It's insane that drivers have to adjust not only brake balance but brake pressure as well.

I think the last reading on the lower right says pCoilSet

[DiogoBrand]

It's insane that drivers have to adjust not only brake balance but brake pressure as well.

I think the last reading on the lower right says pCoilSet

Well, it's probably easier to adjust Brake pressure than trying to find the sweet spot on the pedal for every stage of the race.

The writing on the wheel looks more like "pCoilBot" to me. Not a clue what it would mean if that's it though.

[Redragon]

Button 348km/h more than 10km/h than his team mate and is nearly out of q3, so that chassis is not as good as Mclaren are saying. I think it is time to stop to blame the ones who are paying for this project Honda. And be more professionals about it.

[Drica]

Button 348km/h more than 10km/h than his team mate and is nearly out of q3, so that chassis is not as good as Mclaren are saying. I think it is time to stop to blame the ones who are paying for this project Honda. And be more professionals about it.

I think he got a huuuugeee tow down the straight, so not really representative

[zac510]

It looks more like Coll(ection) Bot(tle) to me.

[techman]

i think race pace will be much better, mclaren i think screwed up the qualifying, by sending both of them late. anyway race pace is pretty good from the data in practice.

[-wkst-]

Button 348km/h more than 10km/h than his team mate and is nearly out of q3, so that chassis is not as good as Mclaren are saying. I think it is time to stop to blame the ones who are paying for this project Honda. And be more professionals about it.

I think he got a huuuugeee tow down the straight, so not really representative

speed traps:
BUT: 1 sec behind PER: 348
ALO: 3 sec behind RAI: 10 less (was live on air)

[diffuser]

At Baku,it appears to me, that RBR are runing similiar rear wing DF to what McLaren run at high DF tracks(but much less than what RBR would run at those tracks). Just shows how comprimised we are.

[techman]

At Baku,it appears to me, that RBR are runing similiar rear wing DF to what McLaren run at high DF tracks(but much less than what RBR would run at those tracks). Just shows how comprimised we are.

if you have read what jenson said in baku the new low configuration rear wings was only used in Baku, and the rear wing in canada was high DF, not only that mclaren were running monkey wings when both redbull andTR did not in canada. the reason behind this was mclaren thought canada will rain but it didnt , very unlucky for them luckily in baku they eventually ran the low DF wing. mclaren chassis is very inferior to redbull, it was very clear in monaco, this is a circuit where BHP have very little influence, just look at williams , redbull always perform well here even when their engine lack a huge defecit in 2014. its a chassis circuit, good efficient aero counts alot, mclaren struggle for pace, very lucky it rain, top team crash out , fantastic pitstop by mclaren when other fumbled, jenson said it best if it was dry race no point would be got in monaco.honda engine is ok. the biggest defecit is the aero/chassis.just like works renault compared to redbull, huge difference in chassis performance