Despite what Adamo has said recently, they've been struggling to find the required improvement from their current R5.
Fingers crossed for them they've made some steps in the last month or 2.
McLaren expecting Australian GP ‘performance bump’ after using ‘lesser’ Mercedes engine in testing.
McLaren didn’t have the ‘latest spec’ Mercedes engine available for 2026 Bahrain testing.
23 Feb...
I don't think it's going to be nearly as bad as some predict. Simulations will show the teams fairly quickly where and when to deploy energy, and in any race the quicker lap time is desired. For...
The only thing you argue that you disagree with is something I never stated. It was well accepted early in the regulation set that overall power output would not increase, as well as energy stores...
25.7 seconds isn't long enough for most circuits - it's less than half a lap. They're all going to be trying to work out how long and where to deploy and where they can re-charge at multiple places...
McLaren expecting Australian GP ‘performance bump’ after using ‘lesser’ Mercedes engine in testing. McLaren didn’t have the ‘latest spec’ Mercedes engine available for 2026 Bahrain testing. 23 Feb...
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