What is there to hide? I don't think I've seen anything from any team that couldn't be easily found out or copied.Nicktendo86 wrote: ↑23 Feb 2022, 16:29Yeah it’s utterly bizarre, are there new rules that they can’t put screens up or something?
What is there to hide? I don't think I've seen anything from any team that couldn't be easily found out or copied.Nicktendo86 wrote: ↑23 Feb 2022, 16:29Yeah it’s utterly bizarre, are there new rules that they can’t put screens up or something?
Must be -- Merc's new floor was just lying out in the open, post-lunch as wellNicktendo86 wrote: ↑23 Feb 2022, 16:29Yeah it’s utterly bizarre, are there new rules that they can’t put screens up or something?
They banned screens with the exception of when doing major work under the skin of the car, or taking the floor off. Whether that has now changed to a total ban I do not know
Maybe the cost cap has greatly reduced the teams ability to reverse engineer, so they just don't give s hoot?the EDGE wrote: ↑23 Feb 2022, 20:06They banned screens with the exception of when doing major work under the skin of the car, or taking the floor off. Whether that has now changed to a total ban I do not know
What's more strange is if there is now a total ban, which I assume there must be for McLaren to do this, why was there not a pool of mechanics standing in the way al la Redbull style, until they could put a cover over it... or is that somehow banned too
For me, this picture is like showing someone you poker hand at the start of the round, Bizar, given all the secrecy we had just a few days ago
I think $140M is plenty enough to copy someone's ideas... Tracing Point did it for an awful lot lessZynerji wrote: ↑23 Feb 2022, 20:15Maybe the cost cap has greatly reduced the teams ability to reverse engineer, so they just don't give s hoot?the EDGE wrote: ↑23 Feb 2022, 20:06They banned screens with the exception of when doing major work under the skin of the car, or taking the floor off. Whether that has now changed to a total ban I do not know
What's more strange is if there is now a total ban, which I assume there must be for McLaren to do this, why was there not a pool of mechanics standing in the way al la Redbull style, until they could put a cover over it... or is that somehow banned too
For me, this picture is like showing someone you poker hand at the start of the round, Bizar, given all the secrecy we had just a few days ago
Related to the really thick t tray perhaps?SmallSoldier wrote: ↑23 Feb 2022, 21:06Apparently McLaren run their car lowest of all teams today in testing (trying to find wear points in the floor?)… Only car throwing sparks on track:
It seems to be more related to overall car ride height than the T-Tray itselfNicktendo86 wrote: ↑23 Feb 2022, 21:16Related to the really thick t tray perhaps?SmallSoldier wrote: ↑23 Feb 2022, 21:06Apparently McLaren run their car lowest of all teams today in testing (trying to find wear points in the floor?)… Only car throwing sparks on track:
Who’s claiming it’s a glory run?Emag wrote: ↑23 Feb 2022, 23:26Does anyone know if any onboard footage will come out from this test? It's a damn shame if there is not. You read a bit into potential fuel loads and handling characteristics from an onboard video. Would have liked to see the onboard video of Lando's lap today for example. A lot of people are just straight up saying it was a glory run (which doesn't make sense why McLaren would do this to be honest), but I don't think it was a glory run as the stint was long-ish and the speed trap numbers were not that high.
I'm def not saying it was a glory run (it was not) but Lando's attempt to play it down in the post-test interview by saying "we had a diff run plan" probably feeds the glory run narrativeCjC wrote: ↑23 Feb 2022, 23:28Who’s claiming it’s a glory run?Emag wrote: ↑23 Feb 2022, 23:26Does anyone know if any onboard footage will come out from this test? It's a damn shame if there is not. You read a bit into potential fuel loads and handling characteristics from an onboard video. Would have liked to see the onboard video of Lando's lap today for example. A lot of people are just straight up saying it was a glory run (which doesn't make sense why McLaren would do this to be honest), but I don't think it was a glory run as the stint was long-ish and the speed trap numbers were not that high.