- 29 Mar 09, 11:29#98749
The same could be said for Renault. I think Mclaren may have had better pace than them.
I really like KERS. Given most of other parts of the regulations are still pretty constrained, it's one of very few things which hold up Formula One's claim to be the most technically advanced category in motorsport. I think what really needs to happen is for the car's minimum weight to be moved up to at least 655 kg next season, so as not to discriminate against taller and/or heavier drivers.
I should also have said I felt Hamilton came good today. I was expecting Kovalainen to do better, for he seemed to have found a much better car set-up with what I was a slightly challenging car on Friday and was generally faster throughout the weekend. Conversely, Hamilton seemed to be really struggling with the car and his driving was erratic. Perhaps that was partly because he was finding the limit of the car, too. Overall, though, the MP4-24 did has got a little better. Certainly before Jerez, the car was bordering on being declared unsafe, as the back end was so unstable a gust of wind could blow the car off the track, but that seems to have been tamed slightly; come race day Hamilton's car looked pretty balanced. Sadly, it's just not fast enough.
It was painful viewing from a McLaren perspective. Save whenever cars retire because of mechanical failures etc., I can't ever remember seeing so little of McLaren during a race - even in the mid-1990s.
The same could be said for Renault. I think Mclaren may have had better pace than them.
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