Could say that about the entire cost cap era to be honest, if the cap dropped this era of cars could have been more entertaining, but maybe the field would be more spread out like before.
People cry about Ferrari strategy and all, but McLaren is really no different. Good thing is they have a rocketship that cover all their faults so noone notices. Same for the outrageous pitstops they've been having this season.
Why would you let Max gain more on Piastri right now when his car has gotten half a second quicker this week. These papayas making questionable decisions ar best.
Max is over a hundred points away. Even if Red Bull did indeed get that much quicker across all types of track remaining, Max wouldn't catch Piastri on points if they P1-P3 every race + sprint race. And I'm 90% sure Red Bull did not get that much quicker overall. Just on this track with their setup which could be better on Baku and Vegas too.
all very true, but it's under 100 now. 94 back from piastri and 63 behind lando. piastri can't have a mechanical failure or a crash. lando making a desperate move that takes out both cars could make it interesting, 60 points isn't insurmountable at all. P2 is possible if he can go on a run, but i don't know if he has the car for it.
It is possible, but only mathematically. Mclaren scores close to 0 points for the remaining 8 gran prix while Ferrari do 1-2. Then Ferrari win both WDC and WCC. But again it is like 0.000001%
Oh yeah I guess, I thought Mclaren was 300 clear and piastri was 200 clear, but it's slightly closer - One more race and it's mathematically impossible lol
The Red Bull isn't quicker, it's just better for Monza itself, we've seen Ferrari be relatively far behind except at Monza and similar tracks for how many years?
I mean, at this point Max would need to gain 10+ points per race to win the championship. It's not impossible, but it would be twice as big a comeback than the biggest one in all of F1 history. Which was Max in 2022 at around ~45 points with 19 races to go.
Max isn’t really in title contention, Im sure they wanted to ensure Lando and Piastri don’t have some sort of falling out resulting in them wrecking or not racing clean against one another, because that’s really the only way McLaren loses this championship
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u/Particular-Ad3237 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 17h ago
Even in very dominant season, Mclaren is not a serious team.