[ 2020 ] Mclaren F1 Team - Renault

[FittingMechanics]

Btw I really love Carlos's helmet. It looks really good.

[FittingMechanics]

They are testing a new front wing. Back to back testing, they changed it during a pitstop.

[Ground Effect]

Live timing shows Sainz as doing the running in the morning. According to their posted schedule Lando was supposed to drive the morning sting. Does anyone know the reason for the switch?

Maybe to give Lando a bit more time to rest? He drove all day yesterday.

[Darth-Piekus]

I don't know if we are sandbagging or not but the base car doesn't seem to be delivering anything significant in terms of speed yet. In fact the first 3 and some of the middle teams progressed more. Is it possible that the others have brought upgraded and we decided to put the base car for now so we will bring some huge upgrades for the second test? Can we afford to chase again? Why not have a radical base car from the start for once?

[fouad1979]

I don't know if we are sandbagging or not but the base car doesn't seem to be delivering anything significant in terms of speed yet. In fact the first 3 and some of the middle teams progressed more. Is it possible that the others have brought upgraded and we decided to put the base car for now so we will bring some huge upgrades for the second test? Can we afford to chase again? Why not have a radical base car from the start for once?

They are focusing on setup work and testing news part like the front wing this morning so dont look at times the next week will be the real test

[Darth-Piekus]

I hope you are right. I don't want to see a set back after such a huge leap last year.

[fouad1979]

I hope you are right. I don't want to see a set back after such a huge leap last year.

This year is going to be a war in midfield so focusing in setup and testing news things to develop and get faster is the right way to follow and not doing glory laps with low fuel just for the glory news

[101FlyingDutchman]

S1 And S2 are very solid. S3 is pretty average/slow at the moment

[Darth-Piekus]

Do you think the others are doing low fuel glory runs?

[fouad1979]

S1 And S2 are very solid. S3 is pretty average/slow at the moment

Yes even Sainz admit that the last sector is little bit a problem and they'll focuse on it the next test with more news parts and setup work

[fouad1979]

Do you think the others are doing low fuel glory runs?

No but dont forget fuel load and engine mapping we can't say whos fastest in midfield until Q2 in melborne

[NiyolHuayra]

Renault did a decent lap on C4 was 0.6 off Mercedes (we know nothing about modes, program, etc..) but if McLaren is faster than Renault this year again we can fight for 4th and maybe even a podium. Only time will tell.

EDIT: scratch that a 1:15.732 for Bottas on C4.

[charliesmithhd]

Renault did a decent lap on C4 was 0.6 off Mercedes (we know nothing about modes, program, etc..) but if McLaren is faster than Renault this year again we can fight for 4th and maybe even a podium. Only time will tell.

EDIT: scratch that a 1:15.732 for Botas on C4.

Think RP will be the main threat this year
(Bottas on C5)

[charliesmithhd]

[NiyolHuayra]

Renault did a decent lap on C4 was 0.6 off Mercedes (we know nothing about modes, program, etc..) but if McLaren is faster than Renault this year again we can fight for 4th and maybe even a podium. Only time will tell.

EDIT: scratch that a 1:15.732 for Botas on C4.

Think RP will be the main threat this year

Yea I saw you guys debating this topic but I would not praise them as much as you do... as we know from HAAS that a copy paste effect is bad as teams know little about car behaviour, setups and more as opposed to McLaren/Williams/Renault where they built the car from scratch and know it inside out even when it does not work (like we saw in 2018) they can fix it.