McLaren MCL36

[lucafo]

Do the side impact structures have to be parallel?

Good point. I don't know, but maybe they are.


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[F1_CoolFan]

Do the side impact structures have to be parallel?

I would assume so yes, it would create some weight distribution effects if they weren't. You want the car as parallel as possible.

I mean parallel top/bottom not parallel side/side

Sorry my bad, I would still assume yes as the COG would be different? Unless radiators + packaging could level it out?

[AeroDynamic]

insightful look at the McLaren floor prior to mounting the car body. Illustrates how the Venturi tunnels are situated. We would not normally get this insight with cars just on track.



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[SmallSoldier]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FMSQQyXXIAo ... ame=medium
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FMSQP2VWQAQ ... ame=medium

Wow… That’s probably a picture of the floor McLaren really didn’t want out there

[AeroDynamic]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FMSQQyXXIAo ... ame=medium
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FMSQP2VWQAQ ... ame=medium

Wow… That’s probably a picture of the floor McLaren really didn’t want out there

yep

[SmallSoldier]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FMSQQyXXIAo ... ame=medium
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FMSQP2VWQAQ ... ame=medium

Wow… That’s probably a picture of the floor McLaren really didn’t want out there

yep

Would be good if you credited the pictures… That way we can follow the sources

[bauc]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FMSQQyXXIAo ... ame=medium
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FMSQP2VWQAQ ... ame=medium

Wow… That’s probably a picture of the floor McLaren really didn’t want out there

yep

The bottom side is more important so its not that bad that this photo is public, although I agree with your statment.

[AeroDynamic]

Wow… That’s probably a picture of the floor McLaren really didn’t want out there

yep

Would be good if you credited the pictures… That way we can follow the sources

@tgruener
I had to find the source of the Silverstone shakedown video

[Emag]

Wow… That’s probably a picture of the floor McLaren really didn’t want out there

yep

The bottom side is more important so its not that bad that this photo is public, although I agree with your statment.

If they really wanted to hide it, they would have at least formed a wall of mechanics around it. They probably don't care much about this photo.

[mclaren111]

Different floor...

[McFAN]

Its baffling how people just assume a whole team of engineers "just forgot" to put an undercut on the car.

Guys, everything you see on all cars is backed by enourmous amount of R&D, plus a lot of very smart people.

If you see something implemented a certain way on a car, then it is implemented that way because it was deemed as the most optimal solution by the aforementioned team of people.

Totally agree,
just to add to your point, people seem to have forgotten that McLaren had the most extreme undercut sidepods of all in the previous two seasons,
so had they just been conservative in their design of this year's car they'd have tried to retain the undercut.

[AeroDynamic]

more engine and packaging.. and more floor tunnel visible.

[Emag]

I am guessing the scheduled updated package for Bahrain is significant, and this is just a testing spec they are using for correlation.

Because McLaren is really having no care at all today about what they show from their car.

[SiLo]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FMRXUhDXIAE ... me=900x900
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FMRYKAHWQAE ... ame=medium

So the upper side impact structure is behind the radiators!
It seems this is the only team to have this approach.


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I think Mercedes might be doing the same with how far forward their sidepods end.

[Nicktendo86]

I am guessing the scheduled updated package for Bahrain is significant, and this is just a testing spec they are using for correlation.

Because McLaren is really having no care at all today about what they show from their car.

Yeah it’s utterly bizarre, are there new rules that they can’t put screens up or something?