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[Pup]

They've been doing that for a while now. Don't you guys remember the mini fuss over their hinged wing support?

Here's scarbs' article about it...

http://scarbsf1.wordpress.com/2011/06/2 ... -movement/

Supposedly Whiting told them to change it, but it was flexing all through the end of the season in the same way.

[Shrieker]

I remember McLaren's 2011 pylons, but tbh I've never before seen such a pronounced pitch on their front wing.

[hardingfv32]

that can dissipate enough energy into the air to cool itself from 800°C to air temperature within the space of a minute?

A faint red glow is considered 480 C, so I would say it needs to only cool to say 400 C to be invisible.

While I appreciate that there is air cooling on the track, the disc normally go dark soon after the pedal pressure is removed.

Brian

[Just_a_fan]

The disc in the photo is dark to all intents and purposes. If that thing was surrounded by a wheel and photographed from 30 metres then it would look dark just as it would normally in photos/TV coverage.

And this disc is carbon, not steel. Does carbon glow the same colour for a given temperature as steel...?

[hardingfv32]

TAnd this disc is carbon, not steel. Does carbon glow the same colour for a given temperature as steel...?

Good thought... The best I can find at this point is red hot charcoal @ 600 C.

I have a Williams carbon disc but don't have the heart to put a torch to it.

Brian

[ringo]

There was tire debris on the floor in the first test, less in the second, and I haven't seen any in this one.

The coanda bodywork is being changed as the tests go on. That's their only way of reducing the molting marbles. I figured this would be an aspect of tuned aero systems on the car. Whole lotta changing and sweet spotting.

[thestig84]

Roughly the same from so few pics so far. No snow plough!?

[akshat21]

Roughly the same from so few pics so far. No snow plough!?
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The rear wings look new.. I think

[the EDGE]

The rear wings look new.. I think[/quote]

Is that not just the DRS open? doesn't look any different to me

[SiLo]

Looks like they have removed the snow plough and gone for turning vanes under the tub. Interesting.

[hollowBallistix]

The rear brake ducts look slightly different to the ones yesterday

[Crucial_Xtreme]

McLaren running without snow-plough

[beelsebob]

Just read up that mclaren are bolting on there updates later today or tmz.

Ah, then that could indeed be the cause of the 3 hour delay in the garage.

[Mchamilton]

as well as removing the snow plough, they've also moved the camera mounting down to the same position as on the ferrari

[PlatinumZealot]

Removal of snowplow? An attempt to raise the underside of the nose up then? I noticed they have those vertcal fences under the nose now.

Sigh... just coming from the RedBull thread...I hope Mclaren's exhaust solution can blow the diffuser as strong as redBull but I doubt it though..