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[i70q7m7ghw]

Seems the teams are finding better ways to feed the double deck so they are all slowly opening them up...

[Richard]

that is one massive diffuser..

That looks desperate, like a boy racer exhaust. "It's bigger so it must go faster"

[zgred]

that is one massive diffuser..

[ISLAMATRON]

looks like a damn jet engine exhaust... maybe they got a new type of KERS

[Miguel]

Look at S2 times plus speed trap in the start-finish line. I wouldn't discard this diffuser working. Of course, don't look at Kovalainen, because he isn't running the new floor. Or look at him for a quick comparison.

[ISLAMATRON]

did anyone else notice the FIA graphic at the 15 minutes(left) mark of FP2 where it had the apex speed at turn 8 and LH was 10 clicks faster than anyone else and the gap from 2nd to 8th was less than 6 clicks... the speed could have been wrong(or maybe that was one of the places he ran off today, obviously testing the limits) but if not that is quite impressive.

[hulmerist]

while they will obviously not stay there, it's definitely a noticeable improvement finally

you saw when they did the shot around the last corner the car looked way more planted than it has done all season (although nothing compared to the red bulls, those on boards looked so impressive, that thing just sticks)

kers is working well too, consistently good in the final sector, vettel kept losing time to him there

some hope, finally, but being realistic, they were behind the force indias at silverstone, and even if it was a glory run by hamilton, he's 4 tenths quicker than sutils glory run which is a more than decend chunk of time to gain

poor kovi though, still stuck with the piece of garbage

[ISLAMATRON]

they have new parts for Kovi, they just wanted to compare the new to the old and they must deem LH to be the better test driver, or maybe they didnt want Kovi throwing it off track destroying all the new bits(until the race that is)

[hulmerist]

it's around a second between the cars though it seems, taking into account fuel and talent, do you think it's a case of they only had time to make one set of the new parts?

the weekend got a bit more exciting for me anyway, might have something to cheer other than button for a change

[PlatinumZealot]

For some reason the #1 driver always gets to test new parts first. I guess it like a little reward or something.

Edit:

McLaren FINALLY listened to me and chopped down those exhaust bulges to something with a smaller profile!

I also told them to make the diffuser bigger too

[zgred]

[wesley123]

Major update for McLaren here, new engine cover with a smaller fin, a new diffuser wich is way larger and a new front wing.

[Richard]

new engine cover with a smaller fin

Odd how some teams love shark fins and others never use them. Nearly all teams had a play with them last year. I think McL tried one at Interlagos? This year we have some of the biggest fins that now join the rear wing, while others seem to go as low as possible.

It would seem the benefits are only marginal??

[timbo]

It would seem the benefits are only marginal??

Of course.
That's not a DDD

[wesley123]

Whats it then? It is or a DDD or a TDD, it has multiple decks.