Re: McLaren Honda Barcelona Testing Summary - Day 1 by
sadlerau
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02/19/2015 6:01 p.m.
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While it was disappointing that they were restricted to only 21 laps, their competitiveness was encouraging. But one can't help feeling they are only now where they should have been on the first day of the last test! with this latest setback they are seriously behind schedule on all fronts, especially when you consider they are restricted to just 4 PUs per driver for the whole season!
Personally I think they will be pushing to be reliable for the first half of the season, but it now seems they may at least be competitive at least.
Re: McLaren Honda Barcelona Testing Summary - Day 1 by
gofast182
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02/19/2015 8:39 p.m.
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I believe they stated that, after lessons learned from their last effort at Formula 1, they need to achieve power/speed first and then get it to be reliable. Making something reliable and then trying to add power/speed doesn't work.
Seeing today's lap time and knowing the engine probably isn't turned up all the way yet should bode well for them once they work out the issues.
Personally I think they will be pushing to be reliable for the first half of the season, but it now seems they may at least be competitive at least.