McLaren MCL60

[Lucky]

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At last.

The sidepod inlets are tall and wide. Letterbox style following amr/RB doing the same

Looks like the approach is very similar to RB. Can see the slab part of the sidepod is concave, and the lower section curves aggressively inwards creating an undercutting channel beneath the slabby sidepods. Just like RB. Makes sense to follow this approach now

Remains to be seen what's going on with the downwash portion. Could easily be waterslides, making this an AMR-like car

[continuum16]

Looks to me like they’ve abandoned the partially-swept sidepod inlets they’ve run since about Singapore ‘22. Inlet looks nearly identical to AMR now. Interesting to see they’ve removed the crease in the sidepods; smooth ramp-shape looks very post-Spain Ferrari-esque.

Edit: also the mirror mounting no longer appears to have two vanes but just one for now.

[MrGapes]

Much more defined undercut between rear outlet and floor, the upper engine cover surface swoops down quite early.

Edit: The rear outlet looks way lower....if you look at it relative to the rear suspension.. maybe no gulley's, but upper surface feeds directly to the beam wing.

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More of an amr sidepod then.. those waterslides are deep. Engine cover with the low downwashing shoulder is very amr too. they have integrated a cooling slot underneath the sharkfin just as other teams have done.

[Lucky]

[scuderiabrandon]

They have move to the old RB style rounded corner diffuser after Red Bull have moved away from it. There old diffuser is closer to what RB are running now. Feels like they are just following cookie trails all the time.

[MrGapes]

More of an amr sidepod then.. those waterslides are deep. Engine cover with the low downwashing shoulder is very amr too. they have integrated a cooling slot underneath the sharkfin just as other teams have done.

Floor protrusion seems far more distinct vertically and horizontally

Rear floor corner no longer has floor cutout with spoon

[KimiRai]

Looks similar to the first iteration of the Aston waterslide (pre-Canada).

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Haupt image with closer view of floor

[kfrantzios]

[AR3-GP]

Looks similar to the first iteration of the Aston waterslide (pre-Canada).

Yes it has the appearance of the launch spec RB and the launch spec AMR cobbled together. Considering the timing, this makes sense as this work would have had to have been in the windtunnel since the start of the season. They've even made the sidepod inlet detail more obvious.

If the performance of AMR and RB is anything to go by, then this is a good direction.

[MrGapes]

Is that two fence elements close together?

- probably just the angle

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Most likely just angle. They're in all likelihood spaced roughly as far apart as they have been previously. Am searching for alternative angle of the region

[Goblin42]