2026 McLaren Mastercard F1 Team

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edu2703 wrote:
28 Feb 2026, 19:24
From what I heard, McLaren and Mercedes were going to do a Pirelli wet weather test today in Bahrain, but it was cancelled due to missile attacks.
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https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/pire ... -concerns/
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edu2703 wrote:
28 Feb 2026, 19:24
From what I heard, McLaren and Mercedes were going to do a Pirelli wet weather test today in Bahrain, but it was cancelled due to missile attacks.
Extremely clever idea to go to that region in the current climate, no doubt.

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There is an even bigger issue next month when 2 races are supposed to be held there…
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CjC wrote:
28 Feb 2026, 20:39
There is an even bigger issue next month when 2 races are supposed to be held there…
I'd say very high chance of these races being cancelled or at least postponed.

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Woohoo! Roll on Mugello and Turkey as substitute :D

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FittingMechanics wrote:
28 Feb 2026, 20:59
CjC wrote:
28 Feb 2026, 20:39
There is an even bigger issue next month when 2 races are supposed to be held there…
I'd say very high chance of these races being cancelled or at least postponed.
I know money talks and there is a lot of it between those 2 particular countries but if it’s not safe to race then it just plain gets cancelled. They didn’t postpone the race in Imola when the region was unfortunately flooded.
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This is insane from @TrakSIms :shock:
All 22,324 Race laps from 2025. Every compound. Every driver.
7 days until we start filling in 2026.

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I can't remember who I was talking to when saying you cannot look at race sims on isolation. This is why. Its hard to ignore that across the board we have been slighlty the faster team.

It is still not representative, but that is the first compelling evidence that we are competitive.
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mwillems wrote:
01 Mar 2026, 06:35
I can't remember who I was talking to when saying you cannot look at race sims on isolation. This is why. Its hard to ignore that across the board we have been slighlty the faster team.

It is still not representative, but that is the first compelling evidence that we are competitive.
That dataset being shown is 2025 race laptimes. I think you are confusing this with 2026 testing times.
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SilviuAgo wrote:
01 Mar 2026, 01:16
This is insane from @TrakSIms :shock:
All 22,324 Race laps from 2025. Every compound. Every driver.
7 days until we start filling in 2026.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HCRb4kaW4AE ... =4096x4096
what is the ordering theme, left to right ? most divergence -> least divergence ?

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AR3-GP wrote:
01 Mar 2026, 07:49
mwillems wrote:
01 Mar 2026, 06:35
I can't remember who I was talking to when saying you cannot look at race sims on isolation. This is why. Its hard to ignore that across the board we have been slighlty the faster team.

It is still not representative, but that is the first compelling evidence that we are competitive.
That dataset being shown is 2025 race laptimes. I think you are confusing this with 2026 testing times.
I did, you're right. My eyes were still clearly blurry.
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Farnborough wrote:
28 Feb 2026, 21:07
Woohoo! Roll on Mugello and Turkey as substitute :D
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venkyhere wrote:
01 Mar 2026, 08:07
SilviuAgo wrote:
01 Mar 2026, 01:16
This is insane from @TrakSIms :shock:
All 22,324 Race laps from 2025. Every compound. Every driver.
7 days until we start filling in 2026.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HCRb4kaW4AE ... =4096x4096
what is the ordering theme, left to right ? most divergence -> least divergence ?
is a sort of fastest laps per driver. I also talked to TrakSim cause for eq in quali graph I think some adjustments need to be made to the median. Is strange Colapinto to be fastest on the grid, due to less wet sessions.

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And what mwillems was saying about 2026 testing is in this graph. Pre-season testing pace — top 25% of team laps.
Tiers feel fairly defined. Big 4 up front, with McLaren probably 4th right now. I'd have Haas over Audi, tight with Alpine. And if you squint hard at Aston Martin's best laps… they might not actually be last?

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Anyway, amazing job to gather all this data and to show under this form.

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SilviuAgo wrote:
01 Mar 2026, 16:00
venkyhere wrote:
01 Mar 2026, 08:07
SilviuAgo wrote:
01 Mar 2026, 01:16
This is insane from @TrakSIms :shock:
All 22,324 Race laps from 2025. Every compound. Every driver.
7 days until we start filling in 2026.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HCRb4kaW4AE ... =4096x4096
what is the ordering theme, left to right ? most divergence -> least divergence ?
is a sort of fastest laps per driver. I also talked to TrakSim cause for eq in quali graph I think some adjustments need to be made to the median. Is strange Colapinto to be fastest on the grid, due to less wet sessions.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HCReDp8XIAA ... =4096x4096

And what mwillems was saying about 2026 testing is in this graph. Pre-season testing pace — top 25% of team laps.
Tiers feel fairly defined. Big 4 up front, with McLaren probably 4th right now. I'd have Haas over Audi, tight with Alpine. And if you squint hard at Aston Martin's best laps… they might not actually be last?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HCVFPdibMAA ... =4096x4096

Anyway, amazing job to gather all this data and to show under this form.
Mercedes looks ominous, in the 2026 data.

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venkyhere wrote:
01 Mar 2026, 18:58
SilviuAgo wrote:
01 Mar 2026, 16:00
venkyhere wrote:
01 Mar 2026, 08:07


what is the ordering theme, left to right ? most divergence -> least divergence ?
is a sort of fastest laps per driver. I also talked to TrakSim cause for eq in quali graph I think some adjustments need to be made to the median. Is strange Colapinto to be fastest on the grid, due to less wet sessions.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HCReDp8XIAA ... =4096x4096

And what mwillems was saying about 2026 testing is in this graph. Pre-season testing pace — top 25% of team laps.
Tiers feel fairly defined. Big 4 up front, with McLaren probably 4th right now. I'd have Haas over Audi, tight with Alpine. And if you squint hard at Aston Martin's best laps… they might not actually be last?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HCVFPdibMAA ... =4096x4096

Anyway, amazing job to gather all this data and to show under this form.
Mercedes looks ominous, in the 2026 data.
Partly because they had this weird run plan running into the 37s each stint. Nobody can accurately guess the fuel loads, but the consistency is pretty impressive still. Makes sense for them to have the lowest median with such runs though
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