as i said, bold design,
https://the-race.com...sion-explained/
McLaren’s technical director James Key hopes McLaren’s choices for the front and rear of the MCL36 are the correct ones, but admits few things are certain in the early stages of a major regulation change.
“So it is a pullrod front suspension [and pushrod rear]; we saw that in past years,” he said.
“It will be pretty obvious when we run the cars – and you can’t really copy it very easily! So it’ll be interesting to see who else does that. I see the Aston Martin is the other way around, for example. The whole suspension layout is about aerodynamics.
“At the front, it’s the only thing you’ve got to play with between the entrance of the floor and the front wing, and depending on how you treat the front wing and where the entry to the floor needs its load condition will kind of set out what you think the best front suspension geometry is.
“I think we’re going to see some really interesting ideas across the group of us. For us, it seems like a good solution to try. It certainly has properties which we are happy with.
“[It’s] mechanically challenging, but we spent a lot of time trying to get that right, knowing the pitfalls of previous years when it was used.“I’m fairly confident it is going to work as expected. The rear of the car is the other question. We’ve been pullrod for a long time. Adrian introduced it in 2009 with his Red Bull. That’s not necessarily needed now.
“You’ve got a restricted wheelbase that restricts the length of the gearbox for example, so you’ve got other possibilities there. But it will be interesting to see what trends have developed. We’ve gone this route. If we’re the only car that’s done that we’ve either got it really, really right or…”
https://the-race.com/formula-1/mark-hug ... explained/
