Comments on: 2009 F1 testing: March 15th (Video)

By: Nefer

Nefer — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:48:56 +0000

I agree whole heartedly with John H. These comments are rather short sighted, and reminiscent of a child’s tantrum.

I’m a McLaren fan and I don’t feel let down, I feel slightly apprehensive for Lewis Hamilton and the McLaren team, if anything.

I’m sure as heck looking forward to the start of the season though. If McLaren are off the pace, it’s going to be a great year as they attempt to fight their way back, which I’m sure we all agree, they will do.

This kind of uncertainty, along with all the new rule changes has, for me, made this season one of the most excitingly anticipated to date. Bring it on!!!

By: John H

John H — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:19:55 +0000

“i along with many mclaren fans feel very cheated, humiliated & let down after being promised soo much during winter.”

How on earth have they let YOU down exactly? Do you pay them anything?

Instead of moaning about others, why don’t you get out there, get a PhD in Fluid Dynamics, get a job at McLaren and tell them what they are doing wrong?

By: Curtly A

Curtly A — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:26:48 +0000

||The teams will test for three more days, except McLaren, who will do four.||
Other teams will test till wednesday and McLaren till Thursday ( to compensate for their day off on Sunday) isn’t that the official release

By: curedcat

curedcat — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:45:35 +0000

real talk man, i feel they probably didn’t take enough caution in designing the car ,but lets wait till the friday practices i still feel mclaren are lying about the real pace of thier car hmmmmmmmmmmm

By: mp4-24 (RIP)

mp4-24 (RIP) — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 07:25:05 +0000

what is wrong with mclaren & martin whitmarsh. skipping a day’s practice when they pretty well know that they have got a car that is suffering from arthritis. even my grandmother could run faster that car. how could they have designed such a pig of a car whose rear wing is as flawed as a pig’s snout. Then martin whitmarsh firing warnings at rivals, defending his design team’s approach, leaving everything to the last moment. surely sign of things to come at mclaren under the leadership of whitmarsh. They have really embarrassed themselves.just imagine a force india beating them in their own game in its first season of technical collaboration with them. mclaren may boast of a great record ….fine. but that doesn’t mean that you can rest back on your laurels. complacency is what has cost mclaren a shot at the title this year & many years to come. i agree with some of the gentlemen in these posts, that mclaren at this very moment do not have competent design engineers . we must always remember that the cars that brought race wins & championships to mclaren were an evolution of the cars designed by sir adrian newey. namely mp418 to mp423. clearly the current rules have not been interpreted properly by the dumb mclaren engineers. considering the fact that the have got their own engineers in the OWG( overtaking working group) & their ceo martin whitmarsh as the head Sporting Regulation in FOTA, mclaren have failed miserably. i along with many mclaren fans feel very cheated, humiliated & let down after being promised soo much during winter. mclaren is going the lotus way. i am sure of it.

By: Ali

Ali — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 07:05:44 +0000

No body?

By: todd

todd — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:44:07 +0000

@dmw i disagree, as Ross Brawn said, they have the capital to fund this year, so money for this year and most of next is not an issue, the issue is pace and they need to focus on car speed and setup, not being quick in testing, quick in testing wont bring big long term sponsors, quick on the track and winning races will.

running the car above the legal spec (higher revs and less weight) does nothing to help them on or off the track…

Brawn is smart, he wants to win races and that’s what they will be focused on, not press from testing. Mainstream media don’d focus on testing at all, the only f1 news you read during the season in a normal media outlet is who won the race on the weekend, that’s where they need to be.

By: Broer Sammy

Broer Sammy — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:33:54 +0000

Can Button or Barrichello faster than Vettel (01:19.055)last test in Jerez ?

By: Kovy

Kovy — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:11:23 +0000

It happened with McLaren going into1 1998 (mid field car in ’97 to lapping the field half way through the first race of’98.)

By: dmw

dmw — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:58:16 +0000

My read is Brawn needs sponsors, so he needs to get attention. That means many many revs, low fuel, and maybe even some ballast forgotten in the garage. It would be the sporting coup of the century of Honda/Brawn went from being seconds off the pace to dominating in one season.