McLaren MCL36

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f1rules wrote:
24 Feb 2022, 19:07
another good day i think, lots of laps, no apparent problems and always around the top, the top teams can easily do 18 or high 17 i think
The amount of laps is great, ready somewhere that the lap times were very consistent and that in itself is great news (regardless of that the time actually is)

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Looks like good downwash along the sidepods feeding the floor slot nothing really going back to the diffuser?

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Macklaren wrote:
24 Feb 2022, 19:48
Looks like good downwash along the sidepods feeding the floor slot nothing really going back to the diffuser?
That picture is most probably of the car leaving the pits after been “bathe” on flo viz… It’s just dripping down and not affected by the air while on track yet.

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SmallSoldier wrote:
24 Feb 2022, 19:51
Macklaren wrote:
24 Feb 2022, 19:48
Looks like good downwash along the sidepods feeding the floor slot nothing really going back to the diffuser?
That picture is most probably of the car leaving the pits after been “bathe” on flo viz… It’s just dripping down and not affected by the air while on track yet.
I don't think so? based on the angle and the Ferrari crew behind looks like he's pulling into the box?
there is also FV on the tires which is clearly spray at speed
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SmallSoldier wrote:
24 Feb 2022, 18:56
A lot of talk about porpoising with the new cars (a trait that McLaren seems not to be suffering from)… Just in case some members are not checking every post in the site, this is how it looks:

My understanding is McLaren does suffer from it, just not as much as everyone else, Ferrari apparently got worse overnight

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That's why I was so amazed how low Mc had it running yesterday, even over the kerbs it stayed down - I expect a lot of people are going to have issues with the floor stalling at the start of this year.

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Marc.W wrote:
24 Feb 2022, 19:53

My understanding is McLaren does suffer from it, just not as much as everyone else, Ferrari apparently got worse overnight
This is probably why McL attracted so much attention for bottoming out yesterday. Relatively little porpoising despite running super low already =D>

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Hopefully with the other teams needing to work on the porpoising McLaren can work on upgrades instead

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not all they wanted to show :-) when car came back covered in flowvis
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Close up of the MCL36 mirrors:

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Vía AMUS

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f1rules wrote:
24 Feb 2022, 21:32
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FMYq2uGXMAs ... ame=medium

not all they wanted to show :-) when car came back covered in flowvis
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FMYsHJHXIAA ... ame=medium
Much better human blockade than the seemingly open house yesterday!

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they all do by the looks of it
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Holy moly that's low!

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Could that that cut out ‘flap’ on the side of the floor which is on what could be described as hinges be the trick which is helping Mclaren avoid the porpoising?
Potentially allowing air to leak out in an controlled manner when it’s bottoming out?
Just a fan's point of view