Following the demotion of Ron Dennis as the company's chief, McLaren Technology Group has announced that Zak Brown has accepted the position of Executive Director. The former McLaren F1 driver is set to start work in December.
If you notice Alonso's other starts as well, you'll find that he always goes away from the racing line where there is less grip, and makes a number of positions as a result. Superior driving skills don't need to be mentioned when your talking about Alonso
Well, in this scenario, I'll just say that Ham was being more cautious, since he's fighting for the championshipAlonso Fan wrote:Well he passed Hamilton at the start at spa, and gained more places then him on the opening lap. He just has a way of not getting bunched up and finding a way through the bunched up cars.
Yep...even Magnussen did a better longrun than Alonso, but a bit later so maybe comparable times due to track improvement. Alonso was 3 sec off the pace of Hamilton who was running at the same time.SameSame wrote:It looks like a difficult weekend ahead for McLaren. FI has great pace on the long runs and seems to have the edge on the short runs too. Hopefully it rains.
This isn't new, McHonda are about 4th in both chassis and PU.Pany wrote:GP2 chassis. Boulier lies are coming to evidence. Mclaren is in 4-6 position in terms of chassis performance. Too many GPs like Singapore where the chassis is not capable to compensate PU limit; Red bull is ages ahead in this sense and im afraid our beloved Mclaren team won't be competitive next year with top teams, even with a better engine.
diffuser wrote:This isn't new, McHonda are about 4th in both chassis and PU.Pany wrote:GP2 chassis. Boulier lies are coming to evidence. Mclaren is in 4-6 position in terms of chassis performance. Too many GPs like Singapore where the chassis is not capable to compensate PU limit; Red bull is ages ahead in this sense and im afraid our beloved Mclaren team won't be competitive next year with top teams, even with a better engine.
- Yes, lap times suggest they're far behind the top 3 (Alonzo restated that last week).
- Yes both the chassis and the PU have to make a major jump next year if they want to compete for wins.
- It isn't a secret that Boulier was hoping the chassis would be closer to the front.
I'm sure, everyone at McHonda are aware of all this and working towards making the changes needed.
You know, there is no guarantee that Merc or RBR start the 2017 with a great chassis. They could suck major wind.
The last major change in aero rules, RBR struggled like everyone else. They just caught on faster than everyone else. so that's what I'm expecting next year chassis wise. Out of the gate they'll be all pretty even. Then as the season progresses we'll start separating the men from the boyz.
