Team: Tim Goss (Director of Engineering), Paddy Lowe (TD), Neil Oatley (DRD), Martin Whitmarsh (TP), Jonathan Neale (MD), Sam Michael (SD)
Drivers: Jenson Button (3), Lewis Hamilton (4)
Team name: Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
that corner however has pretty steep bankingthe EDGE wrote:look at the difference in the overall height profile of the Macca and the Sauber...there's a clear advantage to centre of gravity and over-all effect on the air it disturbs, also I guess this picture shows what a mammoth job it would be if Mclaren did have to raise its noseCrucial_Xtreme wrote:McLaren running without snow-plough
that's my point. I'm pretty sure you can crash test and run a new hub but looking at the height difference it would require a complete re-design of every other part too.Pup wrote:It would be impossible for them to raise the nose, even if they wanted to. The advantage of the raised nose is in raising the bulkhead, which requires a new tub.
If im not mistaken .. it seems that the wing directly under the nose (between nose mounting pillars) has changed from horizontal to verticalmozza_84 wrote:so there is definate updates on this looks like they have moved the exhaust closer to the wheel as well as intergrating it into the body work wonder wether there is aero benifits to this as wellPup wrote:Looks like the whole sidepod has been slightly reprofiled along with the exhaust...
We need a plan-view shot, but it looks to me like they've just smoothed out the transition from sidepod to wart.
he's calling the snow plough the wing underneath the nose.wesley123 wrote:no they removed te snow plough and instead opted for a more common solution. every other team runs bargwboards in that area, McLaren was the only one with a snow plough.
Ah i meant saint.666.wesley123 wrote:Yes and i am talking about the snowplough. I dont see what you're trying to explain to me? We're talking about the same thing
They got rid of the snowplow thus more air underneath the car, the also went to turning vanes underneath the nose like the rest of the teams doPup wrote:It would be impossible for them to raise the nose, even if they wanted to. The advantage of the raised nose is in raising the bulkhead, which requires a new tub.
Certainly the most beautiful car on the grid this year. There's a certain elegant simplicity to their design choices, where the other cars feature fiddly and ugly solutions.Owen.C93 wrote:Here's some better views of the new sidepods. I'm linking to the flickr page and not embedding to keep credit to the author. Plus there's a lot
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Taste is different for everyone, but apart from the stepped noses which I don't like at all (as probably everyone here) there are cars that look a lot better, cleaner.myurr wrote:Certainly the most beautiful car on the grid this year. There's a certain elegant simplicity to their design choices, where the other cars feature fiddly and ugly solutions.
Very hard to prove form a photo, it could merely be from the camber used and how many laps run rather than heat from the exhausts.Crucial_Xtreme wrote:Is it me or do the inside of the rear tyres look like they've been getting some heat from the exhausts?
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Even if the tyres are being heated by the exhausts McLaren don't appear bothered by it. If unwanted heating of the rear tyres was happening McLaren would've addressed that by now.Crucial_Xtreme wrote:Is it me or do the inside of the rear tyres look like they've been getting some heat from the exhausts?
