Team: Paddy Lowe (TD), Tim Goss (DE), Martin Whitmarsh (TP)
Drivers: Lewis Hamilton (3), Jenson Button (4)
thestig84 wrote:I dont think so...unless there are now 0 slots in the end plate now!! There has been only 1 endplate hole for sometime now, back as far as Aus for surebeelsebob wrote: also seems to be one fewer slots on the end plates.
Nope – you're right, at aus there was only 1 slot, testing photos still show 3... Guess I must have missed that change.beelsebob wrote:thestig84 wrote:I dont think so...unless there are now 0 slots in the end plate now!! There has been only 1 endplate hole for sometime now, back as far as Aus for surebeelsebob wrote: also seems to be one fewer slots on the end plates.
on launch day there were 3, will take me longer to dig up aus/sepang/china photos.
Best I can do.HampusA wrote:Does anyone know where i can find good pictures of the steering wheel in all kinds of angles? Preferably the wheel detached.
I guess that lowers the centre of gravity pretty nicely. Surely if they can do that they could also widen the L-channels though – makes me wonder if it's not actually changed – we can't see the radiator properly from that shot.ringo wrote:where's the lump part at the top of the radiator?
It looks like a normal radiator now without the L lump. I guess this may be part of what whitmarsh was talking about when he said the car has too much cooling.
I assume it would reduce drag too as the air will be able to flow by instead of hitting the radiator.beelsebob wrote:I guess that lowers the centre of gravity pretty nicely. Surely if they can do that they could also widen the L-channels though – makes me wonder if it's not actually changed – we can't see the radiator properly from that shot.ringo wrote:where's the lump part at the top of the radiator?
It looks like a normal radiator now without the L lump. I guess this may be part of what whitmarsh was talking about when he said the car has too much cooling.
Just noticed the exhaust on this – looks like they've packaged it into the floor now, rather than sitting just above.ringo wrote:where's the lump part at the top of the radiator?
It looks like a normal radiator now without the L lump. I guess this may be part of what whitmarsh was talking about when he said the car has too much cooling.
Indeed. They have also tidied up the rear facing side of the radiator, tucking it right in.Owen.C93 wrote:It also looks like they've lifted the manifold and created much tighter packaging at the rear.
So, that's the floor and exhaust confirmed =D>"McLaren have a new rear wing, exhausts and floor parts at the rear," explained Kravitz.
"There are a few tweaks but we do understand that there are many more changes underneath the skin in terms of braking and suspension.
"And the drivers said you have to watch out for what we're bringing at the next two races, which should put them right up there with Red Bull."
The lower plane was curved at release (as can be seen on this page)Owen.C93 wrote:The rear wing just has a curved lower plane as can been seen in the shot above. No major change to the DRS, they still have that huge flap. They switched between a curved and straight lower plane last year a few times as well. Interesting stuff.
