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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.
Alonso said after Q car is 3rd best in S3alonsofan wrote:all the talk about the chassis being good and the engine being crap goes down the --- hole
Average Improvement (both drivers, average improvement over Q1 - Q3:Mekki wrote:I've compared the qualy times from 2015 and 2016.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/e3fy8gb4xwenn ... n.PNG?dl=0
First Update in Canada, Second in Spa? Any details on what type of Updates?f1fan_007 wrote:Andreas Haupt (AMuS)
#Alonso believes that #McLaren has 3rd best chassis in grid. #Honda will introduce 2 engine updates (Canada + Spa). http://ams.to/18H
FI introduced the B-spec car later in the year, however, it is still a massive improvement. Merc improvement is also impressive. Bit dissapointed with Ferrari, their gap to the Mercedes have actually increased.Mekki wrote:Average Improvement (both drivers, average improvement over Q1 - Q3:Mekki wrote:I've compared the qualy times from 2015 and 2016.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/e3fy8gb4xwenn ... n.PNG?dl=0
FI - 3,823
RB - 3,550 sek
McL - 3,417 sek
Merc - 2,999 sek
Fer - 2,778 sek
How?alonsofan wrote:all the talk about the chassis being good and the engine being crap goes down the --- hole
The engine issues amplify the chassis shortcomings, I think and the other way around.alonsofan wrote:all the talk about the chassis being good and the engine being crap goes down the --- hole
It's interesting to see that McLaren isn't the one that most improved. So basically all the improvement on their results comes from reliability rather than pace. I know that if Jenson had been closer to Fernando in qualy the difference from last year would increase, but even so we could still reach the same conclusion.Mekki wrote:Average Improvement (both drivers, average improvement over Q1 - Q3:Mekki wrote:I've compared the qualy times from 2015 and 2016.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/e3fy8gb4xwenn ... n.PNG?dl=0
FI - 3,823
RB - 3,550 sek
McL - 3,417 sek
Merc - 2,999 sek
Fer - 2,778 sek
The most comic bit is Toto constantly trying to convince everyone that "Ferrari is very close" when in fact the gap is increasing over last year. Just shows how they'll say and do anything to keep the rule makers from trying to give the other teams some mean of closing the gap.Stalker1 wrote:FI introduced the B-spec car later in the year, however, it is still a massive improvement. Merc improvement is also impressive. Bit dissapointed with Ferrari, their gap to the Mercedes have actually increased.
No specific details about update in the article, but marca 2 days back reported canada updates will be ICE and plenum.Sayeman wrote:First Update in Canada, Second in Spa? Any details on what type of Updates?f1fan_007 wrote:Andreas Haupt (AMuS)
#Alonso believes that #McLaren has 3rd best chassis in grid. #Honda will introduce 2 engine updates (Canada + Spa). http://ams.to/18H
Why exactly? Barcelona, while not quite as power sensitive as some tracks, is still not just a "chassis" track like Hungary or Singapore.alonsofan wrote:all the talk about the chassis being good and the engine being crap goes down the --- hole
. Engine needs to improve Aren't we ignoring tyres here?Mekki wrote:Average Improvement (both drivers, average improvement over Q1 - Q3:Mekki wrote:I've compared the qualy times from 2015 and 2016.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/e3fy8gb4xwenn ... n.PNG?dl=0
FI - 3,823
RB - 3,550 sek
McL - 3,417 sek
Merc - 2,999 sek
Fer - 2,778 sek
yes we are. but the relative numbers show which team improved the most.Jef Patat wrote:Aren't we ignoring tyres here?Mekki wrote:Average Improvement (both drivers, average improvement over Q1 - Q3:Mekki wrote:I've compared the qualy times from 2015 and 2016.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/e3fy8gb4xwenn ... n.PNG?dl=0
FI - 3,823
RB - 3,550 sek
McL - 3,417 sek
Merc - 2,999 sek
Fer - 2,778 sek