Mclaren MP4-30 Honda

[rifrafs2kees]

Mclaren are thinking of their long time identity. Mercedes just was not in line with Rod Dennis' vision for Mclaren.

Honda is?

[poolboy67]

Ron wanted mclaren to have exclusivity from it's engine supplier, he wanted mclaren to be the "factory team" from the engine supplier's point of view. kinda like red bull is to renault. which mercedes wasn't giving them no longer since they bought brawn gp.

it's the benefit of 100% shared data and so on.

[FW17]

Looking back Ron Should have used Caterham or Marrusia entry to test a second/third car to get more mileage for Honda

I guess he can still do that with caterham running a mp429h with no intention of racing

[mclaren111]

Thunders:They removed a Part of the Cascade Wing.

If you look at the top insert, the wing paint is shiny on the entire wing. On the bottom one the edges is not painted.

Would this make a difference to the airflow ??

[Marc.W]

Thunders:They removed a Part of the Cascade Wing.

If you look at the top insert, the wing paint is shiny on the entire wing. On the bottom one the edges is not painted.

Would this make a difference to the airflow ??

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wbV5MJbVH0s/V ... 26fe41.png

Purely just different lighting

[mclaren111]

Amazing how different it can look

[jericho]

According to AMUS, the MP4-30 Honda sounds a lot better then it dit before!

[bauc]

According to AMUS, the MP4-30 Honda sounds a lot better then it dit before!

Maybe finally we will see some progress [-o<

[max_speed]

According to AMUS, the MP4-30 Honda sounds a lot better then it dit before!

i guess they have brought the latest spec engine , engine they intend to race with some reliability patches applied , if they discover more issues in these three days

[Thunder]

AMuS says Honda will bring the Melbourne Spec PU tomorrow, which should fix the Problems they have.

[max_speed]

can anyone please confirm ? on which tyres mclaren is running today , autosport says medium while another site says Development. why will mclaren prefer to run development tyres , if they are already into final test , wouldn't it be useful to run actual race tyres to gather as much data in parallel to collecting data fr engine.

[GoranF1]

According to AMUS, the MP4-30 Honda sounds a lot better then it dit before!

Anthony Rowlinson ‏@Rowlinson_F1 10m10 minutes ago
This is @JensonButton turning laps in the @McLarenF1-Honda. Looks stable but sounds horrible.

[Thunder]

can anyone please confirm ? on which tyres mclaren is running today , autosport says medium while another site says Development. why will mclaren prefer to run development tyres , if they are already into final test , wouldn't it be useful to run actual race tyres to gather as much data in parallel to collecting data fr engine.

According to AMuS JB did his 7 Lap stint on Mediums. But i think that is better discussed in the testing Thread.

[Jonnycraig]

Handling the car with no gloves? No ERS enabled?

Rules are very clear that anybody touching the car must wear rubber gloves, either over or underneath their fabric gloves.

[Thunder]

It's strange yes, i remember seeing that yesterday too. The ERS Indicator on the Airbox is red , so they should be wearing Gloves.