McLaren

[rscott]

Teppic said:

Looks like Pat Fry is leaving the team.

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mclaren-pat-fry...

He was only a short time hire, until James Key could join the team. Be interesting to see if Fry appears elsewhere (Williams?)

[anonymous-user]

rscott said:

He was only a short time hire, until James Key could join the team. Be interesting to see if Fry appears elsewhere (Williams?)

Lets hope so, Williams could do with his input.

[StevieBee]

Car-Matt said:

Ted Bull

Don't give the Rich Energy guys ideas!

[rev-erend]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

TheLimla said:

Just saw this

https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/27032068/mcla...

I thought mclaren already had a wind tunnel and that they used their lake for cooling of the tunnel?

The new wider F1 cars don’t fit in most people’s wind tunnels, hence why most use Toyota’s in Germany.

Budget caps are coming ..

Expect big spending before the cap.

McL wind tunnel is on the to do list ..

[Kraken]

Actually it's not an issue of full size cars not fitting in the tunnels but it's close. The McLaren tunnel is built for 50% scale models but the F1 regs allow for testing with up to 60% scale models (full size testing is barred) so they use the Toyota tunnel primarily for that reason.

[FourWheelDrift]

Lando at Goodwood driving his new company car up the hill in the wet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhl3GDZqp1w

[groomi]

Kraken said:

Actually it's not an issue of full size cars not fitting in the tunnels but it's close. The McLaren tunnel is built for 50% scale models but the F1 regs allow for testing with up to 60% scale models (full size testing is barred) so they use the Toyota tunnel primarily for that reason.

I was if the understanding that the issue isn't so much the size of the cars, but the recent trend to push the front wing endplate vortex outside the wheels, so they need to measure what's going way beyond the width of the car.

[Kraken]

Well if they can't fit a 60% model in there then they won't be able to measure the outwash for sure.

[JonChalk]

McLaren are keeping Lando and Carlos for 2020.

Not really surprising given the (good) performances to date this year.

[ajprice]

JonChalk said:

McLaren are keeping Lando and Carlos for 2020.

Not really surprising given the (good) performances to date this year.

Good .

Lando's announcement on twitter

[Nickp82]

Seems like a very good decision to retain the two and announce it now, they are performing well and knowing they are in the car for at least another year and a half will help keep the focus on moving forward.

It’s a breath of fresh air to see the laid back relationship the two have also, I wonder if that will change as the results creep further upwards?

[Deesee]

ajprice said:

JonChalk said:

McLaren are keeping Lando and Carlos for 2020.

Not really surprising given the (good) performances to date this year.

Good .

Lando's announcement on twitter

Here’s the vid

https://twitter.com/LandoNorris/status/11486420808...

Brothers from different mothers

[ukaskew]

Interesting comments from McLaren that other teams were sniffing around because 'they are unhappy with both of the drivers in their line-ups'.

[ChocolateFrog]

Lando, saying he's just passed his test, thought it was a waaa, but seems not.

[GB4 JEV FFS]

ukaskew said:

Interesting comments from McLaren that other teams were sniffing around because 'they are unhappy with both of the drivers in their line-ups'.

Congrats, you just got played by some spin doctors.

[Deesee]

Deesee said:

ajprice said:

JonChalk said:

McLaren are keeping Lando and Carlos for 2020.

Not really surprising given the (good) performances to date this year.

Good .

Lando's announcement on twitter

Here’s the vid

https://twitter.com/LandoNorris/status/11486420808...

Brothers from different mothers

[ukaskew]

GB4 JEV FFS said:

Congrats, you just got played by some spin doctors.

That was my point...

[GB4 JEV FFS]

ukaskew said:

GB4 JEV FFS said:

Congrats, you just got played by some spin doctors.

That was my point...

Congrats, you are a spin doctor.

[Nickp82]

Deesee said:

Should have plenty of room for activities in that new wind tunnel of theirs
I am sure they can also afford plenty of boats n hoes.

[FourWheelDrift]

Good video of the weekend with the team ending with the cricket - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi-dapMXSwU