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    I thought the MaClaren testing looked to be going well...

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    Fernando claims the new Maclaren is the most powerful he's driven yet but still can't understand why he's so slow.😂

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    Quote Originally Posted by Senninha View Post
    Wheel nuts aside, of more concern is that Red Bull & Renault can both be 4 seconds faster than Alonso AND be on Medium compound tyres whilst he was on the super soft that should be faster ... please tell us they were testing without chasing time otherwise its going to be dissapointing with some very unhappy investors, not to mention Maclaren fans .....
    Where are you seeing 4 seconds Paul? Your right about the tyres, but the gap between Ricciardo (1:20.179 seconds) and Fred (1:22.354) is ~2 seconds by my maths? Still a huge gulf in F1 terms, but I still remain optimistic that McLaren and Alonso will perform OK this season. I do feel it is unrealistic for them to immediately make up the gap to Red Bull who after all have 3 years of experience working with the Renault engine.
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    Stoffel in the McLaren ~0.15 seconds adrift of the Ferrari both running the same tyres. It's only testing, but that hasn't happened in a 'normal' session for a good while

    1. Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) 1:20.168
    2. Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) 1:20.270
    3. Stoffel Vandoorne (McLaren) 1:20.325
    4. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 1:21.014
    5. Carlos Sainz (Renault) 1:21.212
    6. Pierre Gasly (Toro Rosso) 1:21.318
    7. Sergey Sirotkin (Williams) 1:21.822
    8. Esteban Ocon (Force India) 1:22.231
    9. Kevin Magnussen (Haas) 1:22.850
    10. Charles Leclerc (Sauber) 1:23.914
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    Problems at McLaren again. Gasly did 59 laps, only Bottas has more with 72.

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    During the first test week in Barcelona Toro Rosso did the most laps with 324. The car seems to run and they've able to gather the desired data I guess. In the first races reliability is more important than speed. Let's see how they do next week. Force India and Haas seeem to be in trouble...

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    Predictably, Mercedes are looking ominously fast and reliable.

    Good mileage for both Toro Rosso and McLaren yesterday.
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    Quote Originally Posted by WhyOne? View Post
    Predictably, Mercedes are looking ominously fast and reliable.
    Couldn't agree more, don't think your get very good odds on Hamilton to win his 5th F1 title.
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    Quote Originally Posted by WhyOne? View Post
    Where are you seeing 4 seconds Paul? Your right about the tyres, but the gap between Ricciardo (1:20.179 seconds) and Fred (1:22.354) is ~2 seconds by my maths? Still a huge gulf in F1 terms, but I still remain optimistic that McLaren and Alonso will perform OK this season.
    From the opening post Ian ... although its old news now looking further down the thread ...

    1) Ricciardo (Red Bull) 1:20.179 Medium
    8) Alonso (McLaren) 1:24.202 Super soft

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    Quote Originally Posted by Senninha View Post
    From the opening post Ian ... although its old news now looking further down the thread ...

    1) Ricciardo (Red Bull) 1:20.179 Medium
    8) Alonso (McLaren) 1:24.202 Super soft

    rgds Paul
    Old news indeed - even at the time of your post. The McLaren had only done 6 laps at that point....and then the wheel fell off!!!!
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