Best case scenario, cars that could have overtaken us had duff strategies or fell off the road and a car in front DNFs.
Hopefully the car is still good in Imola
Imola will be problematic.
3rd best today…..what planet are you on? Ferrari and Red Bull (problems aside for Sainz and Max) are miles up the road. Mercedes we’re controlling their race pace then when they released themselves of controlling their pace we’re quite a way up the road!Darth-Piekus wrote: ↑10 Apr 2022, 08:55Good for the team to bounce back that quickly. We were 4th best and had the capability of 3rd best today. Still I can take these 18 points of 5th and 6th along with 4th in the Constructors and say thank you very much.
It seems that these small fixes did turn things around and it wasn't only the GP. I hope once we get that big upgrade we can clear the midfield and threaten the top 3.
You should learn to read a full message before making assumptions. I said capabilities to be 3rd best today. Not that we are 3rd best. If we managed to stay in front of Rusell and Hamilton which could have happened without that Safety Car we could have been 3rd best. As things went out 4th best was the result today. You and some others need to take a chill pill and understand that we all want here the best for Mclaren.ScottR267 wrote: ↑10 Apr 2022, 10:263rd best today…..what planet are you on? Ferrari and Red Bull (problems aside for Sainz and Max) are miles up the road. Mercedes we’re controlling their race pace then when they released themselves of controlling their pace we’re quite a way up the road!Darth-Piekus wrote: ↑10 Apr 2022, 08:55Good for the team to bounce back that quickly. We were 4th best and had the capability of 3rd best today. Still I can take these 18 points of 5th and 6th along with 4th in the Constructors and say thank you very much.
It seems that these small fixes did turn things around and it wasn't only the GP. I hope once we get that big upgrade we can clear the midfield and threaten the top 3.
Nowhere near being 3rd best team today. Norris and Ricciardo managed to be on the tail of Mercs at the start of the race, but faded towards the end. Lando even with na issue. The good thing is that they managed to steal 18 points, but overall the car needs to lose some load/drag to be faster on the straights. From how the season started, being 4th fastest team today on merit is good to see.Darth-Piekus wrote: ↑10 Apr 2022, 10:56You should learn to read a full message before making assumptions. I said capabilities to be 3rd best today. Not that we are 3rd best. If we managed to stay in front of Rusell and Hamilton which could have happened without that Safety Car we could have been 3rd best. As things went out 4th best was the result today. You and some others need to take a chill pill and understand that we all want here the best for Mclaren.ScottR267 wrote: ↑10 Apr 2022, 10:263rd best today…..what planet are you on? Ferrari and Red Bull (problems aside for Sainz and Max) are miles up the road. Mercedes we’re controlling their race pace then when they released themselves of controlling their pace we’re quite a way up the road!Darth-Piekus wrote: ↑10 Apr 2022, 08:55Good for the team to bounce back that quickly. We were 4th best and had the capability of 3rd best today. Still I can take these 18 points of 5th and 6th along with 4th in the Constructors and say thank you very much.
It seems that these small fixes did turn things around and it wasn't only the GP. I hope once we get that big upgrade we can clear the midfield and threaten the top 3.
Ricciardo was stuck behind Lando the whole race on an awful track for overtaking. Daniel obviously had more pace than Lando, especially the first half of the race. I reckon he could have finished a lot closer to the Mercs. I believe they were still too fast for us, but it was close.proteus wrote: ↑10 Apr 2022, 11:14Nowhere near being 3rd best team today. Norris and Ricciardo managed to be on the tail of Mercs at the start of the race, but faded towards the end. Lando even with na issue. The good thing is that they managed to steal 18 points, but overall the car needs to lose some load/drag to be faster on the straights. From how the season started, being 4th fastest team today on merit is good to see.Darth-Piekus wrote: ↑10 Apr 2022, 10:56You should learn to read a full message before making assumptions. I said capabilities to be 3rd best today. Not that we are 3rd best. If we managed to stay in front of Rusell and Hamilton which could have happened without that Safety Car we could have been 3rd best. As things went out 4th best was the result today. You and some others need to take a chill pill and understand that we all want here the best for Mclaren.