McLaren admits lack of pace
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Don't have a Mercedes right now...
McLaren admits lack of pace
It seems that the McLaren boys are having a hard time getting the design right this year but...there is another Mercedes powered team who is topping the charts! Brown GP believe it or not! It seems that Brown was smart enough to realize that in order to get the team competitive they have to abandon developing the slow car they had in 2007/2008 and actually start developing the 2009 car before everybody else starting in year 2007 and it actually shows in the testing. Too bad for Honda that they didn't believe that.
http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/...-lack-of-pace/
http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/...ffuser-add-on/
http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/...test-at-jerez/
http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/...-lack-of-pace/
http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/...ffuser-add-on/
http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/...test-at-jerez/
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yeah, i figure mclaren will have to spend the first few race weeks catching up being that they spent virtually all their resources getting lewis the win last year and very little on 09/10 development.
its refreshing to see a team like brawn gp doing so well in testing.
its refreshing to see a team like brawn gp doing so well in testing.
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There's something fishy about Brawn, but anyway, this weekend we'll see if those numbers lead to results.
On McLaren, ahh, this is not good. I'm not sure Lewis is at the point of his career where he can 'build' a car, so it seems tricky. Playing catch up is never good, but realibility will be key for him so long as the current points system stands. You don't want to be climbing a mountain after the first 3 races. Lets see qualifying times before we judge, Lewis won Melbourne last year and had a grand finale in Brazil so it'd be disappointing not to start on that same wave.
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On McLaren, ahh, this is not good. I'm not sure Lewis is at the point of his career where he can 'build' a car, so it seems tricky. Playing catch up is never good, but realibility will be key for him so long as the current points system stands. You don't want to be climbing a mountain after the first 3 races. Lets see qualifying times before we judge, Lewis won Melbourne last year and had a grand finale in Brazil so it'd be disappointing not to start on that same wave.
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There's something fishy about Brawn, but anyway, this weekend we'll see if those numbers lead to results.
On McLaren, ahh, this is not good. I'm not sure Lewis is at the point of his career where he can 'build' a car, so it seems tricky. Playing catch up is never good, but realibility will be key for him so long as the current points system stands. You don't want to be climbing a mountain after the first 3 races. Lets see qualifying times before we judge, Lewis won Melbourne last year and had a grand finale in Brazil so it'd be disappointing not to start on that same wave.
Tee_Tz.
On McLaren, ahh, this is not good. I'm not sure Lewis is at the point of his career where he can 'build' a car, so it seems tricky. Playing catch up is never good, but realibility will be key for him so long as the current points system stands. You don't want to be climbing a mountain after the first 3 races. Lets see qualifying times before we judge, Lewis won Melbourne last year and had a grand finale in Brazil so it'd be disappointing not to start on that same wave.
Tee_Tz.
