2024 Mclaren Formula 1 Team

[willmesquita]

I watched Landos lap, doesn't look that good. He made a clear mistake in T1 where he turned in too early and in T3 the car looked to understeer a lot. There was a snap in the middle sector as well.

His S1 wasn't amazing, but to be fair he has been looking scruffy today. Not the usual machine we are used to seeing by him on Austria.

Still a decent result though, and they will have one more practice before the main qualifying to sort things out. Hopefully they have clean starts and grab some points out of RB & Ferrari tomorrow.

The car seemed a little hard to drive today, great job by Lando and Oscar!

[CjC]

Yea good performance today, it’s once again all to play for.
Great bounce back by Oscar

Oscar lost more than two tenths to a sick Lando. What's great about it? In my opinion, a weak performance.

And that is what it is, your opinion.
I have mine.
Oscar isn’t 1 and a half seasons into his career yet, I personally think he’s shown enough to be get to a very high level in the sport.

[willmesquita]

Just don't feed it...

[CjC]

I watched Landos lap, doesn't look that good. He made a clear mistake in T1 where he turned in too early and in T3 the car looked to understeer a lot. There was a snap in the middle sector as well.

His S1 wasn't amazing, but to be fair he has been looking scruffy today. Not the usual machine we are used to seeing by him on Austria.

Still a decent result though, and they will have one more practice before the main qualifying to sort things out. Hopefully they have clean starts and grab some points out of RB & Ferrari tomorrow.

Are you classing the sprint race as the ‘longs runs’ that we usually see in FP2 like me as well?

[Emag]

Yea good performance today, it’s once again all to play for.
Great bounce back by Oscar

Oscar lost more than two tenths to a sick Lando. What's great about it? In my opinion, a weak performance.

And that is what it is, your opinion.
I have mine.
Oscar isn’t 1 and a half seasons into his career yet, I personally think he’s shown enough to be get to a very high level in the sport.

He has a point. It depends on what sort of expectations you put on drivers.

If you want to take a recent extreme, when you look at what Leclerc did in his 2nd season (2019), Oscar hasn't been up to the same standard. But I look at it from a different perspective.

Gaps are super tight this year, and these cars are arguably harder to drive to the limit compared to the previous generation. Plus, Oscar has more races to show he has gotten better and be closer to Lando on a more consistent basis.

After all, you only have to go back to Imola & Monaco, and he outqualified Lando.

It's his race pace that is more of a concern for me.

[Dafnalina]

Oscar said he made a mistake in T3 and that he thinks he could've gotten pole or a better position if he didn't. I'm not sure if Lando made a mistake.

[mwillems]

3kph faster is a bit of a nothing burger but the high speeds cornering of Red Bull continues to shine. Looks like the kerbs offered Red Bull no resistance after all.

Didn't see the session but I look forward to comparing the top laps.

[Emag]

Oscar said he made a mistake in T3 and that he thinks he could've gotten pole or a better position if he didn't. I'm not sure if Lando made a mistake.

Lando's first sector wasn't amazing, but I haven't seen the lap to confirm any mistakes.

What we know is that something was stuck on his front left tire, so he had to get rid of it during the outlap. Whether he did get rid of it completely or not, I am not sure again.

[Emag]

Is Lando sick? I don't know who mentioned it here before, but he looks unusually fatigued in the post quali interviews, and he sounds congested :

https://imgur.com/lando-post-sprint-qua ... ew-KFRETDL

[Dafnalina]

Is Lando sick? I don't know who mentioned it here before, but he looks unusually fatigued in the post quali interviews, and he sounds congested :

https://imgur.com/lando-post-sprint-qua ... ew-KFRETDL

Yeah, Kym Illman said he was sick and coughing. Poor guy. He's been under the weather since Spain.

[CjC]

Oscar lost more than two tenths to a sick Lando. What's great about it? In my opinion, a weak performance.

And that is what it is, your opinion.
I have mine.
Oscar isn’t 1 and a half seasons into his career yet, I personally think he’s shown enough to be get to a very high level in the sport.

He has a point. It depends on what sort of expectations you put on drivers.

If you want to take a recent extreme, when you look at what Leclerc did in his 2nd season (2019), Oscar hasn't been up to the same standard. But I look at it from a different perspective.

Gaps are super tight this year, and these cars are arguably harder to drive to the limit compared to the previous generation. Plus, Oscar has more races to show he has gotten better and be closer to Lando on a more consistent basis.

After all, you only have to go back to Imola & Monaco, and he outqualified Lando.

It's his race pace that is more of a concern for me.

Yea his race pace is quite weak.

For now, all I’ll respond with is this.
Who else would you prefer in the car other than Verstappen, Hamilton, Leclerc, Russell or Alonso?

[Macklaren]

Is Lando sick? I don't know who mentioned it here before, but he looks unusually fatigued in the post quali interviews, and he sounds congested :

https://imgur.com/lando-post-sprint-qua ... ew-KFRETDL

yes he's unwell. He was unwell in Barca as well. Some reports that he's gotten worse

[LionsHeart]

I liked the sprint qualification. The density is still high. I hope the team will be able to unleash the potential of the latest updates in the very near future. It feels like after his first win, Lando felt like a weight had been lifted off his shoulders and he was just driving freely. Hopefully, McLaren will soon turn the tide and start fighting for both titles.

[SilviuAgo]

Is Lando sick? I don't know who mentioned it here before, but he looks unusually fatigued in the post quali interviews, and he sounds congested :

https://imgur.com/lando-post-sprint-qua ... ew-KFRETDL

Yes, Lando is sick and the bad part is that he looks worse than in Barcelona. On Thursday, when most were in t-shirts and shorts, Lando had long pants, a jacket, a scarf, a cap and a sick man's face.
So P2 with +0.09 is not so bad considering driver condition.

[Emag]

And that is what it is, your opinion.
I have mine.
Oscar isn’t 1 and a half seasons into his career yet, I personally think he’s shown enough to be get to a very high level in the sport.

He has a point. It depends on what sort of expectations you put on drivers.

If you want to take a recent extreme, when you look at what Leclerc did in his 2nd season (2019), Oscar hasn't been up to the same standard. But I look at it from a different perspective.

Gaps are super tight this year, and these cars are arguably harder to drive to the limit compared to the previous generation. Plus, Oscar has more races to show he has gotten better and be closer to Lando on a more consistent basis.

After all, you only have to go back to Imola & Monaco, and he outqualified Lando.

It's his race pace that is more of a concern for me.

Yea his race pace is quite weak.

For now, all I’ll respond with is this.
Who else would you prefer in the car other than Verstappen, Hamilton, Leclerc, Russell or Alonso?

Out of the current grid, you just discarded the best drivers so I wouldn't want any other driver in the second McLaren seat. I don't even think bringing Carlos back would have been a good idea. Carlos might bring some more pace & experience, but I highly doubt he would play the team game if he was Lando's 2nd (and I highly believe that would be the case).

I do wish McLaren rush Ugo Ugochukwu to F2 next year though. I really want to see how he fares there. He has had some promising results on a couple of junior series.