2024 Mclaren Formula 1 Team

[chrstphrln]

With reports that RB is moving to the zero pod philosophy it'll be interesting to see if the team remains bullish after the first few days of testing. Stella has always been honest so we should know soon.

The RB Zeropod story is extremely unbelievable for many reasons. Better forget this fairy tale quickly.

Why is this extremely unbelievable? It was on Motorsport.com and they don't typically report things unless there is some truth to it. What is your proof that its 'extremely unbelievable'?

Anyways this is the McLaren team thread so not going to debate this further here.

My opinion:

I can't believe that Zeropod-article.

No team has had as much time to develop the car as Red Bull. They stopped further development of the RB19 early on and concentrated on the new season. It is not credible that you plan in such a way that you still have to start with an interim car, which requires additional resources. And no one believes that Newey accidentally didn't finish. Then Red Bull would have simply used a slightly updated RB19 for the first races. It is also not plausible that the presentation RB20 is so secretive about the air inlets and that the other innovations are also successfully hidden, although these can be photographed in detail in a few days anyway, but much more sensitive, detailed information about a B-Spec in a few months will be released to the public. That just doesn't make any sense.

We will see.
At the moment, even reputable media like Auto Motor und Sport are not entirely credible. Because even there you could read that the RB20 has cooling air openings on the side in the form of vertical slots, instead of in the side box.

[Darth-Piekus]

Should I be scared that Red Bull completely changed concept while we are using their old RB19 concept? And what about this Mercedes front wing? A lot of articles are talking about massive gains.

[chrstphrln]

No, you don't have to be scared, Red Bull hasn't changed the concept. They just modified the side box design.

[MCLvamos]

New images of the MCL38 at Bahrain. Looks like the same as the launch car as far as the limited visibility can show.

[AR3-GP]

Unless those are sensors, the floor edge looks very strange and not like anything I have seen before.

[Marc.W]

Unless those are sensors, the floor edge looks very strange and not like anything I have seen before.

Could be similar to these we saw in 2022

https://i.imgur.com/0CjN0yw.png

[LionsHeart]

Unless those are sensors, the floor edge looks very strange and not like anything I have seen before.

Is it? McLaren has used this type of floor edge for the last two years. There's nothing strange about it.

[AR3-GP]

Unless those are sensors, the floor edge looks very strange and not like anything I have seen before.

Is it? McLaren has used this type of floor edge for the last two years. There's nothing strange about it.

[LionsHeart]

The team's official account posted a video from today's onboard. Filming day in Bahrain. The head is not bouncing much, maybe the main problem with the jumps has been solved.

[LionsHeart]

Unless those are sensors, the floor edge looks very strange and not like anything I have seen before.

Is it? McLaren has used this type of floor edge for the last two years. There's nothing strange about it.

https://i.postimg.cc/Z5G1zgm4/image.png

Are you saying this is more like last year's Red Bull decision? It could be. I can't really see it from this angle, but maybe it is.

[AR3-GP]

Is it? McLaren has used this type of floor edge for the last two years. There's nothing strange about it.

https://i.postimg.cc/Z5G1zgm4/image.png

Are you saying this is more like last year's Red Bull decision? It could be. I can't really see it from this angle, but maybe it is.

I don't know "what" it is . I'm just saying it looks odd. I don't recall seeing something like this on RB either.

[Darth-Piekus]

Perhaps its one secret that might give us a good advantage and we didnt wanted to show?

[MCLvamos]

Perhaps its one secret that might give us a good advantage and we didnt wanted to show?

I mean the floor is where the real big gains will be found, hopefully we have a trump card in that area for this year.

[BMMR61]

Oscar takes the MCL38 for it's first run at Bahrain - filming session?

[zeroday]

Oscar takes the MCL38 for it's first run at Bahrain - filming session?

appears to be. was wondering if they would do their film session today (mon) or tomorrow (tues). now i know.
I assume Oscar did not give any interviews about his car impression.