MP4/18!!!

[kevinp]

here are the first pics. first outing ng car today. looks weird but looks fast! let's hope this will overtake the ferraris!

http://f1.racing-live.com/en/photos/2003/index_team-mclaren.shtml

[Agent J]

grabeh!!! super narrow nung front and back cover nya! mukha tuloy anteater! hahaha! pano kaya pinagkasya yung makina dun sa likod? parang ang daming binawas a!

sana nga masibak na nila ang f2003GA! mas mukhang sliperry ito sa ferrari a! :lol:

[kevinp]

tama ka dyan agent j. mukang super compact yung auto na to. mas maliit pa tignan kaysa sa fw25. sana yung performance naman, di tulad ng fw25. hehehe! hanap pa ako ng pics na may ibang angle.

[logbook]

oks na oks! hehehe

sabi daw nila binaba daw yung engine sa likod kaya mas napaliit nila. mukha ngang ang-eater! :lol:

ano yung balita tungkol sa dalwang gearbox nila? details naman dyan :mrgreen:

sana sibak na nga ferrari dito :D

[kimpOy]

mukhang hataw sa straight line ah, tignan nga natin mag performe


pinaka the best mclaren par rin sa akin yung #8 ni mika h

MP3/13 ba yun? o MP4/13

[cardsVR]

yun gearbox na 2, 1 new technology and the other will be the one used currently in mp4-17d running simultaneously....


ganda ng mp4-18! bago daw lahat: engine, chasis, suspension, aero. whew! i hope it as good as it looks

tapos na ba yun Paragon HQ ng mclaren? grabe yaman nila.

[kevinp]

Mukhang gawa na nga. Yung McLaren Technology Center yung tawag sa buong complex diba? e sabi ni adrian newey na yung car was developed in the Tech Center. Sabi rin nila they designed the chassis to suit the tires ng michelin. Today sa Paul Ricard ang test together with Toyota and Williams yata.

[pajerokid]

Anteater nga itsura!

[kevinp]

naaksidente pala si kimi sa barcelona while driving the 18. sa last corner daw he went off and into the barriers. wala naman details na binalita.

[logbook]

read that yesterday....mixed stories regarding the status of the car and kimi. sabi nila he bruised his knee pero mukhang ok pa naman cya e. no news nga on what caused the incident and how much damage there was.

apparently kimi was told to find the limits of the car and push. mas mabilis daw yung 18 compared sa fastest lap ni schumi sa barcelona circuit :mrgreen:

[squala]

They don't want to race it yet because of reliability issues. They'd rather score points from the old car than waste them with a faster car but less reliable.

Yup, the nose is so narrow and overall look is not so beautiful, but it seems slippery and slick that it might be really fast.

Only 2 minor problems: The engine is not BMW and Coulthard will get to drive it. :evil:

[logbook]

hindi cya ilalabas next race!!! :evil:

sa silverstone pa daw...at the least! syet...sana talaga hindi ma-disappoint tayong mclaren fans!!! :?

[kevinp]

sabi ni DC, Raikkonen's shunt was hard enough to slightly move a concrete post. tapos downplayed ng mclaren yung accident. hmmm...

The 18 doesn't seem to be breaking any lap records during testing. i guess we'll have to wait and see sa debut ng auto na 'to to know if its really as fast as they say it is.

[splerdu]

Good call for mclaren to shoot for reliability. The new points system values finishing consistently more than anything, only 2 pts separate a win from 2nd place. Case in point, Kimi is just 3 points shy of MS despite having only 1 win. He was very consistent getting 2nd place though, so lots of points for him.