McLaren MCL60

[Blackout]

Still with sidepod air-air intercoolers?

[SmallSoldier]

Still with sidepod air-air intercoolers?
https://cdn-1.motorsport.com/images/mgl ... /ff-1.webp

Maybe for ancillary units other than turbo Intercooler?

[EJ22B]

Still with sidepod air-air intercoolers?
https://cdn-1.motorsport.com/images/mgl ... /ff-1.webp

McLaren has Marelli as a partner who supplies them the entire cooling system including the air to air intercoolers.

Probably that's why McLaren has not opted for the Reaction Engines liquid intercooler who is a partner of Mercedes.

Aston and Williams don't have any partners for cooling technologies which is why they are running the Reaction Engines liquid intercooler.

[mclaren111]

Small bulge on nose with new suspension... Hope it helps with understeer this year...

[organic]

Decent view of the McLaren floor & cooling

[Vanja #66]

Very high inner floor inlet and also looking like very high tunnels. Are they are not yet ready to lower those tunnels and get some decent floor downforce?

[Henk_v]

https://imgr1.auto-motor-und-sport.de/M ... 980501.jpg

Decent view of the McLaren floor & cooling

Judging by the sloppy cable routing, they have some temporary thermocouples (typically green wires) on the cooling for data logging (visible below the radiators)

[Lucky]

[101FlyingDutchman]

Wow we have a barn door in comparison

[mclaren111]

In the picture above posted by organic it looks better...

[CjC]

Very high inner floor inlet and also looking like very high tunnels. Are they are not yet ready to lower those tunnels and get some decent floor downforce?

Do smaller tunnels create more downforce?

[Vanja #66]

Do smaller tunnels create more downforce?

Lower tunnels speed up the air more, reducing the pressure and increasing downforce. Too low, and you get really violent bouncing, as Mercedes discovered the hard way last year.

[djos]

Very high inner floor inlet and also looking like very high tunnels. Are they are not yet ready to lower those tunnels and get some decent floor downforce?

Do smaller tunnels create more downforce?

It’s a balancing act, in F1 they have intake throat and diffuser size restrictions. This means they need to find the optimal tunnel size/height for those restrictions.

If you look at other classes (eg time attack) that have less (or no) restrictions, the tunnels are bigger/higher, but the intake throat and diffuser sizes are also larger.

[MrGapes]

Decent view of the McLaren floor & cooling

Still air-air interesting…


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[PhillipM]

That's interesting I was told they were using the printed intercoolers ages ago, so either someone's been pulling my leg or perhaps that's part of the planned upgrades. Doesn't make much sense to tell me that long ago though. I think I'm going to have to go talk to some people
Seems like I need to be more wary about single sources again...