Norris suspension in Canada broke due to brake overheating
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Do know if the PU used in Monaco are the ones they used in Spain or Canada. It is very likely the PUs use in Spain and Canada were the same but the ones in Monaco? Pre Spain PU maybe?Ground Effect wrote: ↑18 Jun 2019, 10:28I believe they are limited on how many laps they can use the full power modes over a race weekend. I heard the engineer telling Andrea it would be expensive, so perhaps they would run out of laps for the weekend. Being Monaco, maybe Andrea felt it’s not really needed for the race and getting a good grid position would be more important. I’d be a bit surprised if McLaren have been running their engines harder than Renault. Besides, these engines only came in Barcelona, which was followed by Monaco, two tracks that are less of a strain on the engines. Canada was the first real test, so it’s unlikely McLaren are running out of performance.FittingMechanics wrote: ↑18 Jun 2019, 09:06If you watched story from Monaco, McLaren engineers (PU and race engineer) were asking Andrea Stella whether they should use up the engine in qualy and he approved it because it's Monaco. This probably means that McLaren can turn up the engine to the maximum, but that this carries trade offs in reliability and engine longevity. Situation in Canada may be that Renault has more "life" left in their engine than McLaren and that they could have run the engine at higher mode for a longer time.
This can probably explain variability in apparent engine power between races. If you are trading off engine life for power obviously sometimes you'll use it and other team will not.
Our straight line speed is one of our strengths. The Mistral Straight should be a good overtaking opportunity. Our race pace was good in Monaco. Monaco, as we know, has a bunch of low speed corners. Hopefully McLaren really analyzed what they did in Monaco to unlock some pace in the low speed corners of Paul Ricard. I fear Renault this weekend.mclaren111 wrote: ↑15 Jun 2019, 12:03https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/prom ... -/4473050/
The demands of Paul Ricard...
Predictions on how MCL34 will handle this...
Would have never imagine that was the reason_cerber1 wrote: ↑18 Jun 2019, 15:13Norris suspension in Canada broke due to brake overheating
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Correct, but without his mistake, he would have been 8th, and a lot closer to the RenaultsAndres125sx wrote: ↑19 Jun 2019, 07:57Actually what he said is he did a mistake trying to beat Renault, who in this track was out of reach
I think that line refers to them overcoming the reliability issues that forced them to run detuned for a couple of races. After the fix, they could run the engines harder, closer to it’s full potential.ThePapayaJaguar wrote: ↑19 Jun 2019, 09:19On the subject of who is running their PU harder between McLaren and Renault, this article from Motorsport might be helpful.
Quote: "Renault has promised a significant chassis update for next weekend's French Grand Prix, having run its engine harder in recent races as well."
Link: https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/issu ... e/4474412/
Well this certainly addressees some members' recent concern:_cerber1 wrote: ↑19 Jun 2019, 13:10Big interview with Andreas Seidl
https://www.racefans.net/2019/06/19/new ... erforming/
My focus is to get the maximum out of the team as it is right now, that’s our full focus. When I look for example to the partnership with Renault we are having, this is very, very positive, a very open relationship that we are having. Renault made a huge step in terms of performance compared to last year, and I would say this is not something which is holding us back at the moment
It couldn’t be simpler: James Key, technical director, reports to Andreas, as do Paul James (team manager), and, currently, COO Jonathan Neale, who is temporarily covering in the role of production director vacated by Simon Roberts. The balance of over 700 employees report to one of the three.
Thanks for sharing... Really like his approach, especially when it comes to getting “the basics right”... The change in regards to how the organization is structured should help with internal communication, decision making and accountability._cerber1 wrote:Big interview with Andreas Seidl
https://www.racefans.net/2019/06/19/new ... erforming/