Mclaren MP4-29H

[The Moderator]

[Trocola]

Two laps and the car stopped on track. Great start for the car. Just like Red Bull on january.

[mclaren111]

Big changes to overall bodywork: Sidepods looks a lot "smaller" :

[Thunder]

@Trocola: Well no. They are in a much earlier Stage of development than Renault at the Winter testing. Seriously whoever expected a flawless first Day is delusional. Better to have these Problems now and sort it out over the Winter.

[KingHamilton01]

This is exactly why Honda need this early running to work on car toward's first test and be ready to put mileage on the engine, they still have 2morrow! anyway nothing they were not expecting.

[frosty125]

MP4-29 Merc didn't do a single lap on its first day of testing so not perfect but far from a disaster.

[Juzh]

MP4-29 Merc didn't do a single lap on its first day of testing so not perfect but far from a disaster.

At least it didn't catch fire, right?

[Trocola]

The thing i do not understand is that they did the shakedown a couple of weeks ago in Silverstone. I though that was the system check and today they could start working. I did not expect them to do 100+ laps, but 2 laps I think it is not what someone would call a perfect day.

And if it is real what someone said on the previous page, that Honda had two different engine combinations (split turbo and "normal" turbo), this day with only 2 laps is a total failure.

[Thunder]

Silverstone was more or less a Shakedown and IT-Check if i got that right.

[KingHamilton01]

The thing i do not understand is that they did the shakedown a couple of weeks ago in Silverstone. I though that was the system check and today they could start working. I did not expect them to do 100+ laps, but 2 laps I think it is not what someone would call a perfect day.

And if it is real what someone said on the previous page, that Honda had two different engine combinations (split turbo and "normal" turbo), this day with only 2 laps is a total failure.

Running the engine before next year's testing is a failure...? I think anything the can learn between now and when they first roll out the new car for pre-season is a bonus, not what I class as a total failure.

[Thunder]

https://twitter.com/McLarenF1/status/537245466480881664

[mikeerfol]

https://twitter.com/McLarenF1/status/537245466480881664

Was it another 1 lap run? According to what I read they did only 3 installation laps..

[Thunder]

At least it seems like he got back to the Pits without Problems. So thats a positive.

[iotar__]

The thing i do not understand is that they did the shakedown a couple of weeks ago in Silverstone. I though that was the system check and today they could start working. I did not expect them to do 100+ laps, but 2 laps I think it is not what someone would call a perfect day.

Without judging if it's a failure or normal there's a theme, on filming days everything is almost perfect, during regular tests not so much, just like Lotus . Randomness or these tests are a bit different (at 50% compared to let's say 80% + which makes all the difference).

[bauc]

@Trocola: Well no. They are in a much earlier Stage of development than Renault at the Winter testing. Seriously whoever expected a flawless first Day is delusional. Better to have these Problems now and sort it out over the Winter.

Exactly! Good point