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bmwownage · 05-14-2006, 03:09 AM

No. That Mclaren livery doesn't cost a lot, it's just some chrome painting... imo they should revert themselves back to the old livery and see if they get more luck!
Seriously though they need to have some dramatic improvements, like a new suspension? new aero package? new nose? I don't know but this MP4-21 looks more like a MP4-18/19 (which was a disaster) than last year's dominating MP4-20.. They have to get it right this season in order for Kimi to stay, or else if Kimi is gone, and you have a Alonso who loves his understeering Renault driving a not-so-understeery Mclaren, and if they even kick Montoya out, it will take Mclaren 2 years or so to recover... So they have to get it right soon before it's too late..
So far their qualify is crap, even with Montoya who had a 7-consecutive pole history with a FW24 back in 2002, and what you see is Montoya getting a P12, and you must admit that the FW24 wasn't a very good chassis... And those on-board shots we saw, you see the Ferrari/Renault steering wheel almost not shaking, and then Raikonnen's steering wheel was shaking all the way... i don't know if this means anything bad, maybe that is Mclaren's characteristics but it looks like there is less confidence..

05-14-2006, 03:09 AM	#12 (permalink)
bmwownage Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 147 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 1 Post	Re: Spanish GP No. That Mclaren livery doesn't cost a lot, it's just some chrome painting... imo they should revert themselves back to the old livery and see if they get more luck! Seriously though they need to have some dramatic improvements, like a new suspension? new aero package? new nose? I don't know but this MP4-21 looks more like a MP4-18/19 (which was a disaster) than last year's dominating MP4-20.. They have to get it right this season in order for Kimi to stay, or else if Kimi is gone, and you have a Alonso who loves his understeering Renault driving a not-so-understeery Mclaren, and if they even kick Montoya out, it will take Mclaren 2 years or so to recover... So they have to get it right soon before it's too late.. So far their qualify is crap, even with Montoya who had a 7-consecutive pole history with a FW24 back in 2002, and what you see is Montoya getting a P12, and you must admit that the FW24 wasn't a very good chassis... And those on-board shots we saw, you see the Ferrari/Renault steering wheel almost not shaking, and then Raikonnen's steering wheel was shaking all the way... i don't know if this means anything bad, maybe that is Mclaren's characteristics but it looks like there is less confidence.. Last edited by bmwownage; 05-14-2006 at 03:14 AM..