Vodaphone McLaren Mercedes MP4-24

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I was sooooo right about the shorter wheel base (postings of a few months back).
lewis ran it in FP1.

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nudger wrote:I was sooooo right about the shorter wheel base (postings of a few months back).
lewis ran it in FP1.

more info please, dont hold out on us

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ISLAMATRON wrote:
nudger wrote:I was sooooo right about the shorter wheel base (postings of a few months back).
lewis ran it in FP1.

more info please, dont hold out on us
Sure it wasn't that you changed the aspect ratio of your TV to squeeze the picture ? :D

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lol

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The new diffuser (yet again!) is very Red Bull like ..
http://premium.f1-live.com/f1/photos-hi ... po_664.jpg

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The new diffuser (yet again!) is very Red Bull like ..
http://premium.f1-live.com/f1/photos-hi ... po_664.jpg

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Nice picture but wrong car :p.

Pictured is the Ferrari.

Did the endplates previously extend that far down? Also note the nice little winglets inboard of the hub assembly. Nice.

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PNSD wrote:Nice picture but wrong car :p.

Pictured is the Ferrari.

Did the endplates previously extend that far down? Also note the nice little winglets inboard of the hub assembly. Nice.
Damn! I'm quite the fool!

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lol

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richard_leeds wrote:
ISLAMATRON wrote:
nudger wrote:I was sooooo right about the shorter wheel base (postings of a few months back).
lewis ran it in FP1.

more info please, dont hold out on us
Sure it wasn't that you changed the aspect ratio of your TV to squeeze the picture ? :D
the new front nose facilitates the revised front suspension layout which provides a shorter wheelbase. the purpose so i understand is to get more weight bias to the front.
was just discussed (confirmed) in commentary of fp3.

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The shorter wheelbase care is 0.2s faster at the most and Brundle is guessing it's 7.5cm shorter. The wheelbase in itself isn't making it faster, it's the ballast placement within the car that it allows (more forward weight)
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roost89 wrote:The shorter wheelbase care is 0.2s faster at the most and Brundle is guessing it's 7.5cm shorter. The wheelbase in itself isn't making it faster, it's the ballast placement within the car that it allows (more forward weight)
well, moving the front wheels back in itself shifts the weight forward

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the car looks really really great now

notice lewis isn't locking wheels as much if ever anymore

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has anyone found any pics of the new front wing yet?

caught a glimpse on the telly but not for long.

it looks very intricate with holes and posts everywere, the side plates can hardly be cauled plates, theres nothing flat about them.

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Hi,

I see you are a huge Ferrari/Schumacher fan. Welcome! :P

We have specific threads for cars, and also for the race. Usually the updates are in the race thread, and later get compiled to the car thread.
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