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[Dragonfly]

Image link corrected.

[PlatinumZealot]

Not seeing your image, dragon.

Wast it this? found it on autosport forums



This is opening a can of worms!! need more camera angles.

[Dragonfly]

Thanks, n smikle
That's the image I wanted to link.
Placed the correct link for the other one.

[aral]

Not seeing your image, dragon.

Wast it this? found it on autosport forums


This is opening a can of worms!! need more camera angles.

What is of interest in that photo, is the 'telescopic' joint in the front wing pylons. Could there be some form of movement being catered for, here?

[murtoidf1]

Not seeing your image, dragon.

Wast it this? found it on autosport forums


This is opening a can of worms!! need more camera angles.

What is of interest in that photo, is the 'telescopic' joint in the front wing pylons. Could there be some form of movement being catered for, here?

yup we've already seen the whole wing tilts backwards at speed slightly to reduce drag presumably.

Not sure about those two "openings" though, could well be a reflection due to the silver paint. Hopefully other angles will be posted which show what's actually going on

[beelsebob]

The openings are definitely not openings – the front wing pillars have to be a pair of closed sections symmetrical around the car centre line.

[Lurk]

To be exhaustive:

and between 125mm and 200mm above the reference plane

Anyway I also think it is just a reflection. I think about the elements mounted on the FW main plane.

[Crucial_Xtreme]

Rear end detail

right click>view image

[Owen.C93]

Little bit of an aerofoil shape on the ends of the turning vanes.

[N12ck]

Little bit of an aerofoil shape on the ends of the turning vanes.

I see no snowplow

[Blackout]

Yeah they removed the snowplough and added the more 'fancier' dolphin fins...
I remember in 2010, Mclaren once removed its Mp4 25 snowplough in Barcelona

[Dragonfly]

The openings are definitely not openings – the front wing pillars have to be a pair of closed sections symmetrical around the car centre line.

Yep, I guess I am the next victim of McLaren's mirror paint

[Owen.C93]

Some slight modification to the front wing include the little curved parts on the end are ever so slightly more curved on the latest wing and the planes are slightly modified towards the inside. A whole new wing made just for some tiny geometry changes.

Right click-view to zoom in.
Old:

New:

[aral]

The openings are definitely not openings – the front wing pillars have to be a pair of closed sections symmetrical around the car centre line.

Side view confirms that there is no opening on pylons.

[Blackout]

Look like Sauber'S 2010 turning vanes