2024 Mclaren Formula 1 Team

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I'm very confused by what is shown here. What is holding the model in place? How are the aerodynamic forces measured?

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BigBeansBoy wrote:
22 Jan 2024, 18:09
2023 car, right?
probably

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mwillems wrote:
20 Jan 2024, 06:43
Just look at Norris mid straight spin last tear at 200kph after a bump.
300 and mid-kink, not straight

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Juzh wrote:
22 Jan 2024, 19:34
mwillems wrote:
20 Jan 2024, 06:43
Just look at Norris mid straight spin last tear at 200kph after a bump.
300 and mid-kink, not straight
Yeah I wrote it early in the morning when I was struggling to sleep. I wrote kph and not mph and omitted the mild bend, but it didn't affect the point. Car bottomed out and the car lost most of it's aero and that has serious ramifications. The reliance on the floor for ever more downforce means that the platform having a "moment" can be catastrophic.
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ollandos wrote:
22 Jan 2024, 18:34
BigBeansBoy wrote:
22 Jan 2024, 18:09
2023 car, right?
probably
99.9% the 2023 car, I'd hazard a guess that these are just stills, going by what we can see in the livery launch video there is something in the roof that can either be retracted, or has been edited out of shot

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AR3-GP wrote:
22 Jan 2024, 15:43
One could make an argument that qualifying is not their priority
Were those traits qualifying specific?
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Marc.W wrote:
22 Jan 2024, 20:30

... there is something in the roof that can either be retracted, or has been edited out of shot

https://i.imgur.com/J68h9nQ.png
I'm sure that's where the stem that holds the model fixes to

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CaribouBread wrote:
23 Jan 2024, 07:36
Marc.W wrote:
22 Jan 2024, 20:30

... there is something in the roof that can either be retracted, or has been edited out of shot

https://i.imgur.com/J68h9nQ.png
I'm sure that's where the stem that holds the model fixes to

https://wheelsports.co/wp-content/uploa ... mage-5.jpg
Didn't know what it was called, just knew there was something :lol:

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Not that we don’t all know it, but this article illustrates what a great position McLaren are in with their driver line-up

Only 6 drivers are apparently worth having contracts with, beyond the end of this year… and 2 of them drive for McLaren!

https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/when ... ct-expire/

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McLaren new hires approve of car direction

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mcla ... /10569004/
Q: (Stefano Mancini – La Stampa) Kimi, will you help Vettel to win his championship this year?
Kimi Raikkonen: I can only drive one car, obviously. 
@2018 Singapore Grand Prix drivers press conference.

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KimiRai
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Lando Norris contract extension imminent

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KimiRai wrote:
26 Jan 2024, 17:49
Lando Norris contract extension imminent
Does seem like it based on the video, and why not? His contract runs to 2026 now.. could feasibly be extended to 28/29

Oh here we go


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phenomenal news. bodes very well for the car this year and next!!