2024 Mclaren Formula 1 Team

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Darth-Piekus wrote:
20 Oct 2024, 00:36
Joel709 wrote:
20 Oct 2024, 00:34
What you have to remember is the focus of these upgrades were to fix what they previously did wrong and they had a lot of data to show them where, they’ve essentially reset the path and found a solid base again
While that might be the case what are the chances for a team that couldn't understand what to do in 3 or 4 upgrade packages to suddenly find 5 tenths of time between this month?
Monza was a big turning point for them, once they assessed the data from that race into Singapore etc they had a good idea of what to do. Not everything is a conspiracy

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Considering the controversial past of Red Bull I find it hard to believe this is genuine. Looks like the WDC is done and we have to fight for the WCC with hurried upgrades.
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Darth-Piekus wrote:
20 Oct 2024, 00:43
Considering the controversial past of Red Bull I find it hard to believe this is genuine.
You mean most the claims that have never been proven? Don’t throw stones in glass houses after your wings have had to be changed

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The good news after Q2 is that Lando saved a set of Softs. Oscar didn't finish his second shot so may use this tyre for the Q3 first stint.

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Joel709 wrote:
20 Oct 2024, 00:44
You mean most the claims that have never been proven? Don’t throw stones in glass houses after your wings have had to be changed
You mean the totally legal wings by both the FIA and the team?

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Darth-Piekus wrote:
20 Oct 2024, 00:45
Joel709 wrote:
20 Oct 2024, 00:44
You mean most the claims that have never been proven? Don’t throw stones in glass houses after your wings have had to be changed
You mean the totally legal wings by both the FIA and the team?
If they were legal than why did they change them all. I’m not here for an argument, but if you think no team has their own tricks than you don’t know the sport

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They changed them after an agreement with the FIA to check every single team and because Red Bull cried like a lot. The wings passed all the tests and the FIA did deemed them legal.

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Darth-Piekus wrote:
20 Oct 2024, 00:47
They changed them after an agreement with the FIA to check every single team and because Red Bull cried like a lot.
Answered your own question lol

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Can we pass this useless discussion about legal wings, bib, conspiracy and so on? Let's focus on a live Qualifying and move on!

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What are you talking about? The wings were deemed legal as they passed all the FIA tests and the FIA themselves deemed them legal. However Mclaren changed them after an agreement for the good of the sport as long as the FIA checked every team to make changes to others also. It's definately not Assymetrical Braking which was already banned from 1997 and 1998 or that Big Ride Height who magically was there for fun and not used during park ferme or the extra 2 million of budget overcap that came from food.

Anyway. Q3 time. Good lap from Lando. He could do better as he had a quick understeer on that penultimate corner.
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Thar was good wasn't it?

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That was crazy good by Lando, wow. Sometimes he really pulls special laps out of the bag.

The car looks so stiff though, again.

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Actually it wasn't that perfect. He had an oversteer after the penultimate corner. Must have costed him something. Now Lando needs a better lap. He must find two more tenths to be safe for pole. Oscar is too far back and I have no idea what happened to his earlier performances.

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Thanks George!

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Finally lady luck has given us something. Pity for Oscar though as he didn't have a second chance to get a better time.

Well as things went it's a success after all. Now let's see if we have better race pace tomorrow from clear air as long as Lando keeps his first place.
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