Every time I read a McLaren related article, I cringe

"SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie" (sidewaysondirt) 07/23/2015 at 09:00 • Filed to: F1, mclaren

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“We like the idea that a GP2 team, [such as] ART, could come along and buy or rent two McLarens,” Boullier told F1 Racing . “Straight away they would be competitive, without all the investment.”

Umm..... Okay?

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StingrayJake > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 07/23/2015 at 09:28

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They could take their GP2 cars up to F1 and probably drive faster than the McHondas.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > StingrayJake 07/23/2015 at 09:40

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That would be embarrassing. “Thanks, but we’re just going to enter our current car.”

StingrayJake > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 07/23/2015 at 10:03

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I got curious and had to look. McHonda has been better as of late but there’s actually been about a fair gap (in qualifying) all season.

At Catalunya: Alonso, 1:27.760; Button, 1:27.813; Vandoorne, 1:29.273.

At Monaco: Button, 1:17.093; Alonso, 1:17.778; Vandoorne, 1:41.124. (Vandoorne’s qualifying group got caught in the rain. His best race lap was 1:21.926 but that’s not exactly a fair comparison.)

At Austria: Alonso, 1:10.736; Button, 1:12.632; Vandoorne, 1:14.174.

At Silverstone: Alonso, 1:34.959; Button, 1:35.207; Vandoorne, 1:40.134.

I guess it’s a bit like all that “Would Alabama beat the Jaguars?” nonsense. Anything can happen in a race but in a perfect race where nobody crashes and engines don’t fail, ART’s GP2 cars would be bringing up the rear.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > StingrayJake 07/23/2015 at 10:05

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At the beginning of last year, the Caterhams were slower than the leading GP2 cars, but that was gone by mid-year. Even the slowest F1 cars are faster than the fastest GP2 cars now. They just aren’t as reliable.