Mclaren-Honda MP4-30 *** 2015 Launch Thread

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Thursday 29th January

Expected Launch time 11am

http://www1.skysports.com/live-blog/12433/9685853/mclaren-mp4-30-launch


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To discuss the imminent unveil of the Mclaren-Honda MP4-30, OP will update when the liveries are unveiled in Mclaren's digital launch, Thursday (29th) January.



*new nose? :)
 
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MooMoo444 said:
Button #2 driver confirmed
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haha, you come to this conclusion how? The odds would be stacked in favour that the days 2 and 4 get longer running so I'd say that if anything, if Mclaren were to back a number 1 driver they would let him drive on these days... day 1 will be fraught with technical gremlins if any day etc.

Not biting, just trying to explain that your logic is a bit dumb. :)
 
drunkenmaster said:
I think he was basically saying it literally and as a joke because button will literally be the second driver... in testing.

However, first day could be the best day they have. Effectively they have weeks/months to prepare for the first day, they could do 50 laps then the engine blows up and it takes them 2 days to fix it. ultimately any serious problems they only have a day to fix them... though that is more thinking about rebuilding actual damage. In terms of electrical bugs if they are small and easily found then as the week progresses you would think the car will improve.

Very interested to see how both testing and the season in general turns out for reliability. I wouldn't be shocked if testing was a disaster nor would I be surprised if it went not terribly. I still think the biggest problem for them over the season is with multiple teams testing different modes they'll run into more bugs. There is only so much physical time on track and only so many modes you can try. You might miss one that say causes the kers to shut off(like for Hamilton/Rosberg at Canada) that another team may have picked up. However testing goes I think they'll have more niggles throughout the season than anyone had last year because of that.
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On aggregate it does always seem to me anyway, to be that the first day is where the technical gremlins are in force, with the latter days and especially the last day/s of the test being a lot smoother.... buttttt we shall see... I could be wrong!
 
Another thing worth noting is that testing is not the be all and end all... look at Ricciardo.. it was literally all doom and gloom after Feb, come March he ended up doing something rather special in the first, and his home race, of the season!!

Infact I don't remember Ricciardo having a bad season at all in terms of reliablity, the same could not however, as we all know, be said for his (at the time #1) team mate.

Didn't Red Bull have a better car aerodynamically than the Merc infact? Pretty sure the engine was the only difference, but because it was so different to the previous regs it made the difference between RB or Merc winning the Championship.... so unpredictable to say how Mclaren-Honda are going to be performance wise just yet I think... but we'll be able to gauge a good idea between Feb and March I guess, not long now :)
 
FrankJH said:
Ricciardo only got on the podium in Melbourne because the RBR was......questionable.....to say the least.

If it had been completely legit he would have come 4th or 5th (so not quite that special after all).

Don't get me wrong, as a season he did spectacularly well, but Melbourne if anything was a low -light (because of RBR, not his driving)
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Can't believe I totally forgot about that when writing it, but anyway yeah he did have a spectacular season all things considered and that was essentially my point... no one would have put any good amount of money on him achieving what he did in 2014.
 
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2 days!
 
I dont really care if it is black and white as long as it's fast, as someone else said - I'd rather have a bland livery on the car vying for podiums throughout the season than a great looking livery struggling to make Q3.
 
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Yeah of course both if possible ! But if it had to be one or the other, a black and white car would soon look good coming first :)

More black and white rumours coming to fruition?.... ^
 
Skeeter said:
Good job these new engines are quiet enough that he will be able to tolerate it. Make sure you take ear defenders for the GP2 though.
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Yeah good thinking, we'll be sat at Farm Curve, the prices aren't too bad at £155 per adult which isn't much more than a normal GA ticket. Reserved seating means not having to get up at 6am which is a bonus too.
 
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