2024 Mclaren Formula 1 Team

[mwillems]

I have it from the third practice. I didn't see any changes in the rear. I didn't really look at the qualifying, maybe there wasn't even a good plan. I don't remember anymore, to be honest.

From what the team and Lando said, I think there is something, curious to see. But perhaps they might have only dialled up the front as the rear was already decent.

I never know where to get the decent in session pictures.

As far as I can tell, I don't think the team changed the car's configuration. According to Lando on Friday, the car has speed, but he wasn't very comfortable behind the wheel. It's enough to tweak the settings a little bit to make him feel more comfortable. It's unlikely that this requires changing the configuration and specification.

Stella said they didn't compromise the race by adding too much downforce. Lando said they were running only slightly lower than those in front, that ran with more DF.

[Dafnalina]

Lando didn’t keep 2 mediums like Charles did, I need the people here who have faith in our strategy team to give me a good reason for this. That was a great advantage

[willmesquita]

Lando didn’t keep 2 mediums like Charles did, I need the people here who have faith in our strategy team to give me a good reason for this. That was a great advantage

Despite the resurfaced track, deg was high in FP. Teams believe M-H-H could be best option for tomorrow but it is weather dependent.

[mwillems]

The whole weekend Red Bull has been a step above us, even though we were a little bit quicker yesterday," Norris warned. "I just don't think Red Bull showed their cards at all and we did.


Norris confirming that we were pushing more than Red Bull yesterday, as some commentators suggested, and Red Bull themselves

[Macklaren]

I think Lando is highly sandbagging. The clue is when he talks McLaren down and others up, he's sandbagging. When he's very complimentary about McLaren but says "others were just better" then it's real

[Dafnalina]

Lando didn’t keep 2 mediums like Charles did, I need the people here who have faith in our strategy team to give me a good reason for this. That was a great advantage

Despite the resurfaced track, deg was high in FP. Teams believe M-H-H could be best option for tomorrow but it is weather dependent.

He still could've kept the medium instead of the soft, idgi. Especially with the high chances of a SC.

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Lando didn’t keep 2 mediums like Charles did, I need the people here who have faith in our strategy team to give me a good reason for this. That was a great advantage

Despite the resurfaced track, deg was high in FP. Teams believe M-H-H could be best option for tomorrow but it is weather dependent.

He still could've kept the medium instead of the soft, idgi. Especially with the high chances of a SC.

teams need to decide right after FP3, so although there was a very small chance of a dry qualifying, I guess they preferred to keep 4 sets of softs for Quali. Just in case.

[PapayaFan481]

Despite the resurfaced track, deg was high in FP. Teams believe M-H-H could be best option for tomorrow but it is weather dependent.

He still could've kept the medium instead of the soft, idgi. Especially with the high chances of a SC.

teams need to decide right after FP3, so although there was a very small chance of a dry qualifying, I guess they preferred to keep 4 sets of softs for Quali. Just in case.

Agreed. Always the chance that the track might have dried enough to require softs....

[MCLvamos]

He still could've kept the medium instead of the soft, idgi. Especially with the high chances of a SC.

teams need to decide right after FP3, so although there was a very small chance of a dry qualifying, I guess they preferred to keep 4 sets of softs for Quali. Just in case.

Agreed. Always the chance that the track might have dried enough to require softs....

Looks like they've forced their own hand with a M-H-H race then (barring SCs). Hope deg is relatively high then so that can work out well.

[Ben1980]

There seems to be an expectation our 2 will breeze through, bot sure that will be the case. The RBR car looks mighty, and Perez ahead won't be easy, and Max will fly up.

I'm not sure we yet have the car to blast past our challenges a la Max in recent years.

[MrGapes]

I do feel Lando is a step or two behind this weekend, if we win it will probably be with Oscar.

[CjC]

There seems to be an expectation our 2 will breeze through, bot sure that will be the case. The RBR car looks mighty, and Perez ahead won't be easy, and Max will fly up.

I'm not sure we yet have the car to blast past our challenges a la Max in recent years.

It will by no means be a doddle, but I feel there is reason to be slightly optimistic. As you say the RBR looks rapid, I even said that I’d expect Max to still win even starting in P11 prior to action on track had commenced. Perez is a big unknown, I feel he has an equal chance to win this race along with the other favourites.

@mrgrapes, yep totally agree, we could even see ‘the step’ in their confidence in the post race interviews

[LionsHeart]

From what the team and Lando said, I think there is something, curious to see. But perhaps they might have only dialled up the front as the rear was already decent.

I never know where to get the decent in session pictures.

As far as I can tell, I don't think the team changed the car's configuration. According to Lando on Friday, the car has speed, but he wasn't very comfortable behind the wheel. It's enough to tweak the settings a little bit to make him feel more comfortable. It's unlikely that this requires changing the configuration and specification.

Stella said they didn't compromise the race by adding too much downforce. Lando said they were running only slightly lower than those in front, that ran with more DF.

I read their comments. But even before these interviews, I had come to the conclusion that McLaren did not choose a compromise option, based on how difficult it was for them in the third practice and in qualifying. Given the completely dry forecast for the race, this makes a lot of sense. And then, having read their comments, I was only doubly convinced that they did not overthink the car configuration.

And one more thing. Max has a new engine. How much power does he have now? How much does this affect his racing pace?

[LionsHeart]

Lando didn’t keep 2 mediums like Charles did, I need the people here who have faith in our strategy team to give me a good reason for this. That was a great advantage

Despite the resurfaced track, deg was high in FP. Teams believe M-H-H could be best option for tomorrow but it is weather dependent.

Agreed. And also considering the completely rainy sessions on Saturday, which washed away the grip. All this will also add to the wear of the tires.

[K1Plus]

McLaren can win this if executed well. They made a dry setup and stuck to it. Still, I expect it will be very close with Max.
The RB20 is still the class of the field in very high speed. McLaren can win most races but Spa, Austin and Qatar I give it to Max right now on the spot.