Barcelona Test, Day 2
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It's hard to tell at the moment, but McLaren and Renault have struggled for mileage so far. Haas has made a reasonable start to testing, but are not planning any upgrades before Australia. Force India has struggled with reliability on and off and had an engine issue earlier today.
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@Openthedrs I think it's always a shame to have a driver of Alonso's talent and experience struggle because of the car. Vandoorne has a lot more time on his side and I'm pretty convinced he'll get his chance in the future. But it's early days at the moment and we'll see if the McLaren starts to pick up.
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Someone with a good knowledge of aero and the technical side of F1 just walked into the media centre and said "Well, this year is going to be rubbish" - he's just spent the afternoon trackside and does not see how cars are going to be able to overtake each other this year. -
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@Tony7: I've never understood that comment - the development started a long time before it came into the sport, and Mercedes, Ferrari and Renault weren't exactly telling the world about their designs. By the time the media really found out about the 'split turbo' design, Honda would have been about 12 months into development of its engine, so it couldn't just stop and start a whole new concept. Besides, manufacturers rarely believe simply copying another idea is the best way forward, and Honda would have been convinced their design would have beaten the rest
The biggest problem for Honda was that it lost a whole year of testing and races, and came into 2015 a year behind and having only gathered data on the dyno. There was also poor communication between Woking and Sakura, meaning Honda had to shove its engine into McLaren's small size zero concept chassis, which led to its own problems. Add to that the token system and you have a perfect (or imperfect, if you're McLaren) cocktail for disaster.
Honda's engine performance last year matched the 2015 Ferrari before the end of the season, suggesting if it had come in for 2014 it could have at least pushed Mercedes for wins. -
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@Openthedrs: Williams wanted an experienced driver to come in considering the 2017 cars are a much more difficult breed of car, and considering they'd given the other seat to a teenager in Lance Stroll. They probably thought Di Resta had been out of the sport for too long.
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@Nate do you think a lot of Mclaren Honda s concerns are more than they seem. As in there must be a huge cultural differences in the companies and the way Mclaren must be used to with doing things in a certain way, Honda might not. I mean lot of the issues seem very usual something most of the manufacturer's have already addressed and hence are not facing any issues. It must be a frustrating time at Mclaren. They must be in a situation where they are embarrassed but bash Honda nor are they happy with them.
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On the overtaking note, I like when it really becomes a skill again. I am Dutch so obviously biased... but both Jos and now Max always find gaps, even in Monaco. A lot of the current drivers lack the dog skill in my opinion. Hopefully stewards allowing more racing; I want to see drivers attempt 'Do or Die' again, it's racing after all!
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