How come a McLaren can do 76 laps in testing

[Doink]

Some in torrential rain yet Alonso and Button can't manage 10 between them, what's wrong?

[onyx39]

Maybe the fact they have done this, shows they are making progress? I hope so? Or maybe it's just some sort of pr stunt, to prove they can, although I'm not sure how that would work

[suffolk009]

slightly OT, Did you see the rear winglets that Williams had on their car? A small steep wing on that flat bit of floor just infront of the rear tyre.

Must be very draggy - Susie Wolff was two and a bit seconds off the pace of the Merc.

As for McLaren, I assume they had critical parts of the engine turned down a bit.

[Vaud]

It is testing, no need for the car to be Parc Fermé compliant

[benters]

perhaps they put a Merc engine in it. . . . .

Oh give him a saucer of milk !

[sandman77]

suffolk009 said:

Must be very draggy - Susie Wolff was two and a bit seconds off the pace of the Merc.

Which means the car is probably only 0.5s slower than the mercs.

[Scuffers]

Vaud said:

It is testing, no need for the car to be Parc Fermé compliant

exactly,

and at what average pace?

[Chris Sideways]

suffolk009 said:

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Must be very draggy - Susie Wolff was two and a bit seconds off the pace of the Merc.
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Susie Wolff would be two and a bit seconds off the Merc's in a Merc

[noell35]

Chris Sideways said:

Susie Wolff would be two and a bit seconds off the Merc's in a Merc

Genuine lol.

[Logie]

What data will they gather from the power unit thou in testing? I'm pretty sure they can replicate most of that when Honda were first making the engine.

And its not as easy to test PU as aero parts cause you can just change the wing etc where you cant just go change bits of the engine

But would be interested to know what type of data they take regarding the engine