2019 Mclaren F1 Team - Renault

[dp12]

SkySports just reported that Toyota will be McLaren's engine supplier in 2021. The deal will be announced on Thursday.

That would be amazing! TOYOTA has a lot of experience with Hybrid Engines in WEC. I guess it wouldn’t be that hard for them to produce a good engine.

But that’s not going to happen.
Happy April Fools

[ripleysend]

Best view front wing flex I've seen. Those upper elements that create the Y250 seem to be turning on and off perfectly at high speed

thanks, great video, what a nice fw flex at 1.24

Made an small video of Norris making his way through the field... Hope you guys like it!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=muqAXhtBE4k


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[RS200E]

What a turnaround. Looking forward to the rest of the season now.

[Vasconia]

I think the speed of Sainz is even more impressive. Seems to be a couple of tenths quicker at the moment. Norris certainly drove a great race today.

It looks that he has retained Alonso´s eternal bad luck.

[RonDennis]

Norris: “We’re not so good in the corners, but we’re quite good on the straights”

[littlebigcat]

Made an small video of Norris making his way through the field... Hope you guys like it!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=muqAXhtBE4k


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He is subtly so good on the brakes. None of those passes feel like lunges, just perfectly timed manoeuvres.

[FittingMechanics]

https://youtu.be/4Oes14mRDFo?t=658

Norris: “We’re not so good in the corners, but we’re quite good on the straights”

Here we go China. Probably shouldn't get too hyped up, Renault PU seems unreliable, we could have a heartbreak with a good race only to lose out due to PU failure.

Honestly I am somewhat surprised with Lando's comments, when I was watching onboards, lot of the cars were very twitchy and sliding around. McLaren on other hand looked quite stable and obviously the car gave them a lot of confidence in braking.

[bauc]

https://youtu.be/4Oes14mRDFo?t=658

Norris: “We’re not so good in the corners, but we’re quite good on the straights”

Here we go China. Probably shouldn't get too hyped up, Renault PU seems unreliable, we could have a heartbreak with a good race only to lose out due to PU failure.

Honestly I am somewhat surprised with Lando's comments, when I was watching onboards, lot of the cars were very twitchy and sliding around. McLaren on other hand looked quite stable and obviously the car gave them a lot of confidence in braking.

Not so good, does not mean bad in my opinion, what he is saying is just that the car performs much better on the straights compared to the corners, but I have the same feeling from watching the onboards, the car is quite decent in the corners as well

[Juzh]

Norris: Fastest at the finish line clocking in at 300.5 kph

That's because he got towed by grosjean in Q1, just after the block.

Very much doubt it, partly because the timing screens take the data from the drivers fastest lap (which was obviously his 2nd run) but mostly because a 200-300m slipstream isn’t going to alleviate probably 20kph of lost apex speed and the massive snap of wheel spin he got on the exit.

FIA Timing documents take the highest recorded at any time during the session. It doesn't matter if it was an inlap/outlap/hotlap, personal best or not. And 300 kmh was achieved on his run when he was towed by grosjean to the finish line. His subsequent laps had speed measured some ~5 kph less when he had no slipstream. It's easily checked in the f1 app.

[Marc.W]

I'm hopeful of a shock Baku podium, if Stroll and Perez can I can't see why McLaren can't.

[Ground Effect]

Not trying to open a can of worms on the Carlos/Max incident, don't know if this has been posted

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18OE3O_t7mM

[geogate]

I see it as a racing incident TBH, but I dont believe Sainz was as "at fault" as many have said

[Ground Effect]

I see it as a racing incident TBH, but I dont believe Sainz was as "at fault" as many have said

Same here, I think it was very 50/50

[FittingMechanics]

I see it as a racing incident TBH, but I dont believe Sainz was as "at fault" as many have said

He should have left more space, or he should have gone infront of Verstappen after he got ahead. He was clear ahead of Verstappen during the overtake, only getting side by side because Verstappen did a "divebomb" to the inside. Sainz would have probably went ahead if he left more space.

He is not at fault, racing incident is a good call but Sainz should have known better, especially as it was Lap 4.

[Dextercitox]

I see it as a racing incident TBH, but I dont believe Sainz was as "at fault" as many have said

He should have left more space, or he should have gone infront of Verstappen after he got ahead. He was clear ahead of Verstappen during the overtake, only getting side by side because Verstappen did a "divebomb" to the inside. Sainz would have probably went ahead if he left more space.

He is not at fault, racing incident is a good call but Sainz should have known better, especially as it was Lap 4.

I also think is a 50/50. Sainz was clear ahead, he brake strong but Vers make a very agressive brake and put the car in parallel. I think Sainz cant give much more space because with the speed he arrives he need to turn if he doesn't want to go super wide.

Both were agressive and these things happens, but I dont thing it's a Sainz fault. He put his car clearly in front, is Vers who defends the place "with his style".

But watching the MCL34 being quick enought to pass the RBR was very pleasant !