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Feb152021 by Marko HanželicNo Comments

The first presentation of the F1 car 2021: McLaren MCL35M

The Woking team will be powered by Mercedes engines from this season onwards, which is why the new car is called the MCL35M. Its design was commissioned by technical director James Key, and it is basically an evolution of last year’s race car, taking into account the adjustments that were necessary to replace Renault’s powertrain with Mercedes ’. McLarn has faced a number of logistical problems due to the new coronavirus pandemic in recent months, as the team is based on the Island and uses a Toyota wind tunnel in Cologne, Germany. This year’s McLarn race car doesn’t differ much visually from its predecessor. The biggest change happened under the hood, where Renault’s engine replaced the Mercedes engine. Lando Norris, who has been a member of McLaren for three years now, was the first to introduce himself.

Dec292020 by Bojan VrbnjakNo Comments

ZAK BROWN: McLaren will not be a MERCEDES satellite team

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Red Bull has a satellite team with AlphaTauri in their own house, and Ferrari is just building a deeper connection with the Haas team. In Mercedes? Perhaps some evil tongues would claim to have her on the Racing Point team. But this is not supposed to be the case. In addition to the aforementioned Racing Point or Aston Martin and Williams, they will get a third partner with McLarn in the 2021 season. But there is no closer connection than in the cases mentioned, as Zak Brown, McLarn's first husband, pointed out. “It’s just a partnership,” the American explains. “The team is looking forward to this partnership and they are also looking forward to it at Mercedes in Brixworth,” adds Brown, who is looking positively at future collaborations to connect to the old successful times. “There are a lot of people on both sides who worked together when we won with the team

Dec272020 by Bojan VrbnjakNo Comments

ANDREAS SEIDL: McLaren has a chance of SUCCESS again in the future

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That McLaren finished the 2020 season in third place, team boss Andreas Seidl could not believe until recently. Because when he joined the team for the 2019 season, nothing pointed to it. McLaren finished sixth in 2018 and the top three were out of reach for them. "It's been a big difference since my departure at BMW in 2009, because the difference to the first three teams has been huge, especially in terms of budget and resources." But Seidl brought McLaren back to the top and was able to look forward to third place in the constructors ’championship as early as this year. He is optimistic about the future, however, as Formula 1 has managed to take some steps to allow for fairer competition. In 2022 comes a new rule that is supposed to create more uniformity. Even more important is the budget ceiling,

Dec242020 by Bojan VrbnjakNo Comments

Despite the STABLE policy, the McLaren MCL35M will be like a new race car

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Due to the regulations introduced after the coronavirus pandemic, the teams will largely transfer the current designs of racing cars, and for this purpose new racing cars have been postponed for a year, which will see the light of day in 2022. development, thereby seeking to limit the number of areas where teams can make improvements to current race cars. But McLaren is in a unique position, as it will use Mercedes instead of Renault engines next season. Therefore, the Woking team had to use most of the chips to adapt the car to the new engine. This will limit the aerodynamic changes they can make as they have to introduce a new chassis, cooler and transmission, which, according to James Kay, will be similar to the introduction of an almost entirely new di

Feb132020 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

McLaren unveiled the race car for the upcoming season

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McLaren unveiled this year's race car in Woking today. The basis of the color image - papaya orange remains the same as last year. Carlos Saniz and Lando Norris will try to upgrade last season, in which they finished fourth overall, with a car called MC35. This season, for the first time since 2014, they also stood on the podium for the winners, after Carlos Sainz won third place in Brazil with an outstanding run.

Mar182015 by Klara LjubiNo Comments

Alonso returns

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Fernando Alonso will take the next step towards getting back on track with today’s testing in the simulator. The Spaniard had to miss the first race of the 2015 season last weekend due to an accident in Barcelona on the advice of a doctor, but he has already started training in fitness and preparing for the next test in Malaysia. On Twitter, his employer McLaren announced that Alonso had come to Woking where he would start working in a simulator. Instead of the two-time world champion, Kevin Magnussen sat in the race car in Australia, who faced many problems and failed to compete at all in the race. His teammate Jenson Button finished eleventh with two rounds behind winner Lewis Hamilton.

Jan232015 by Klara LjubiNo Comments

Alonso first behind the wheel of a McLaren-Honda

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McLaren has confirmed that the new Mp4-30 race car with Honda powertrain will be the first to drive Fernando Alonso in pre-season testing on Feb. 1 in Jerez, joining the Woking team for the second time in his career this season. We will see him behind the wheel on the third day of the four-day testing, and the other two days will belong to teammate Jenson Button. The team already tested an intermediate version of the car in Abu Dhabi last November, and the race car for the 2015 season will be unveiled online on January 29th. In Abu Dhabi, they had strict restrictions on driving, so they will try to accumulate as many kilometers as possible in Spain in early February.

Nov182014 by Klara Ljubi40 Comments

McLarn's decision to race in December

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McLaren is postponing the decision on the racing lineup for the 2015 season. According to the latest post on Twitter, it will not be decided until December, although there was a preliminary plan to announce the racer to the public as part of the race in Abu Dhabi. By doing so, they want to prevent the team from diverting attention from the priority goal - racing. Fans are increasingly impatient with the wait, most notably over the question of who will be racing alongside Fernando Alonso, who is likely to join the Woking team. The second racer is expected to be chosen between the current ones - Jenson Button and Kevin Magnussen. As an argument for procrastination, McLaren states that the selection of a racing team is undoubtedly an important process and therefore requires careful and lengthy analysis. Otherwise, the team will compete with Honda’s powertrain next year

Nov42014 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Alonso warns Ferrari in front of McLarn

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In the last two races, according to Fernando Alonso, McLaren will also come very close to Ferrari, if of course they don't roll up their sleeves in Maranello. Ferrari have already been caught and overtaken by Williams, and in the last races, the Reds completely lost the ground under their feet, which now threatens McLaren. The Spaniard says about the team from Woking: “We are falling behind more and more, we were far behind in the USA all weekend, but also in Russia and Japan it was no different. We still have to score points as we fight for the constructor’s place. We have already lost a lot against Williams, but now we are in the middle of nowhere and it seems that they are getting closer to us at McLarn. McLaren is improving from race to race and is getting faster and faster, which means we can no longer afford to lose a point.

October302014 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

+5 starting places for Buttna

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Jenson Button will have to start five places lower in Sunday’s race in Austin than he will qualify on Saturday. Namely, all racers must use the gearbox for at least six races in a row, otherwise they get a penalty. At McLarn, however, they confirmed that they will have to replace the Buttnu gearbox unplanned, which will cause it to fall five places lower in the starting line. Otherwise, the team from Woking plans to continue the pace from the previous race, when they won fourth and fifth place in Russia.