f1rules wrote: ↑15 Feb 2023, 11:58
im sorry, but which philosophy is that, the high air outlet?
Mclarens mistake last year was the idea of moving the electronics packaging into the sidepods leaving no space for undercut, together with their idea of guiding/channeling the air from around the tray area and using it for outwash aided by those bold sidepods, the concept viewed as whole made sense, it just wasnt the right one
If you look at the Mercedes from this point of view:
Then you can see there's no undercut in the conventional sense. The "sidepods" are more of a wall directly behind the suspension arms, and they are streamlined down to the diffuser.
Now if you look at McLaren's initial concept:
You can see that they are trying to do similar things. The major difference being (as I already mentioned), Mercedes' design features a much more tighter packaging. Which obviously changes the behavior of the airflow drastically.
But the core of the concept in my opinion is very similar, and when McLaren was first unveiled last year, what Mercedes is running now seemed one of the more logical development paths for that sort of philosophy.