2018 pre-season testing thread

[ismail1991]

Fernando thinking.. Embarrassing.. really embarrassing GP2 team... GP2 team heheheheh

Some people have said more than once that Honda was masking the actual situation in Mclaren. In many aspects the team seems to be a second class team right now. Many failures, poor reliablity, lack of leadership, bad pit stops....

Seriously? Can't people read? Today it has been Renault batteries shutting down. It has been confirmed. Same thing happened with Renault on Thursday. It happened to Sainz's car today. What does McLaren have to do with Renault sourced batteries?

I do agree about the pitstop now.

It might be related to lack of cooling. Even computers shut down when they get hut. Mclaren seriosly should consider their zero size approach. Reliability should come first always. They are making very amateur mistakes

[RonDennis]

They might have pushed their design a bit too much.

[bonjon1979]

Fernando thinking.. Embarrassing.. really embarrassing GP2 team... GP2 team heheheheh

Some people have said more than once that Honda was masking the actual situation in Mclaren. In many aspects the team seems to be a second class team right now. Many failures, poor reliablity, lack of leadership, bad pit stops....

Seriously? Can't people read? Today it has been Renault batteries shutting down. It has been confirmed. Same thing happened with Renault on Thursday. It happened to Sainz's car today. What does McLaren have to do with Renault sourced batteries?

I do agree about the pitstop now.

Hydraulic problem. Did Renault supply that as well?

[3jawchuck]

Some people have said more than once that Honda was masking the actual situation in Mclaren. In many aspects the team seems to be a second class team right now. Many failures, poor reliablity, lack of leadership, bad pit stops....

Seriously? Can't people read? Today it has been Renault batteries shutting down. It has been confirmed. Same thing happened with Renault on Thursday. It happened to Sainz's car today. What does McLaren have to do with Renault sourced batteries?

I do agree about the pitstop now.

It might be related to lack of cooling. Even computers shut down when they get hut. Mclaren seriosly should consider their zero size approach. Reliability should come first always. They are making very amateur mistakes

The works Renault themselves have had the same problem.

[marvin78]

1 time.

[FrukostScones]

another Renault powered car bites the dust...

didn' they also have MGUK failure in th efirst week?...

[Squid]

Verstappen stopped on the main straight. I guess we'll know pretty soon if this is particular to the Renault engines.

[Restomaniac]

It's the RedBull's turn to breakdown.

[aleshondas]

Any info where is TR?

[bauc]

Yap, The RedBull has stoped on track.

[Morteza]

The recovery truck is a Mercedes

[RonDennis]

The recovery truck is a Mercedes
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DXnYL51XkAAdWFQ.jpg:large

Everything working like it should is a Mercedes.

[Restomaniac]

The recovery truck is a Mercedes
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DXnYL51XkAAdWFQ.jpg:large

Well that's good. At least we know it's reliable

[djones]

.... and fast.

[F1Fan2018]

about their first stop on track this morning

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/13467 ... -test-woes

It is understood that the electrical issue is related to the battery, but it is unclear whether the problem originates from McLaren's or Renault's side.

McLaren also appears to have been forced to make compromises to its rear bodywork in a bid to help cooling in the car, after it faced overheating headaches during the first test.

Scorch marks on the engine cover last week prompted the team to add an extra cooling slot.

As the car emerged on Tuesday, the team had added three extra slots in a bid to help hot air escape, as Giorgio Piola's exclusive photograph (above) shows.

The slots are not ideal for performance, which could mean the team is forced to tweak the design of its engine cover to help increase airflow and cooling before the first race of the season.