Vodafone McLaren MP4-27 Mercedes

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King Six
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From what I've seen over the past few months. I'm gonna coin a new medical term. Gillophobia. I'm pretty sure 90% of this forum is affected by this condition, you poor souls..

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N12ck
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King Six wrote:From what I've seen over the past few months. I'm gonna coin a new medical term. Gillophobia. I'm pretty sure 90% of this forum is affected by this condition, you poor souls..
I love gills they are brilliant
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Vegetabill
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I think the gills could be a clever new engine intake incase we have the rains of 2009 again. Has Kimi's ice cream van arrived in the paddock yet?

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Vegetabill wrote:I think the gills could be a clever new engine intake incase we have the rains of 2009 again. Has Kimi's ice cream van arrived in the paddock yet?
Timo Glock wont be happy :lol: remember what he asked his engineer?
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Vegetabill
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Sorry N12ck I don't

copperkipper1
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Standard cooling outlet gills.

Nice profile to reduce any negative aero affects (Don't bulge out in anyway)

Hot & Humid enviroment, why not.

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ArchAngel
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Pup wrote:Pics?
From the F2012 thread, I bring you the dino/gator-gills:
Crucial_Xtreme wrote:Gills
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Scary stuff. And I don't mean just the ill-fitting panels. :wtf:

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SiLo
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Almost half a second quicker in both sessions this morning, car looks good. Looks like Button was working on race setup though in one of the sessions, so I'm assuming Lewis will do the same in FP3.

Apparently their tyres looks pretty good after long runs too (BBC website). Any pics of this sexy car to adorn the thread with?
Felipe Baby!

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ArchAngel wrote:
Pup wrote:Pics?
From the F2012 thread, I bring you the dino/gator-gills:
Crucial_Xtreme wrote:Gills
Scary stuff. And I don't mean just the ill-fitting panels. :wtf:
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Same gills.

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TheWiseOwl wrote: ...
Same gills
Gills or not, this is the car to beat, both performance- and design-wise, just compare the looks to the F2012.
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Blackout
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No one made a screen capture when the TV showed Mclaren's KERS battery during FP1 :?: :|

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Blackout wrote:No one made a screen capture when the TV showed Mclaren's KERS battery during FP1 :?: :|

b******s, just went and deleted the recording of it before i cam on here, sorry :cry:

Rikhart
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Look at the floor near the right rear tyre :!:

scarlet
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Reflection I think. You can see the matte strip of heat resistant tape contrasting with the more shiny floor, that's all.

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How can a reflection show up in front of the tyre, in a much higher plane than the floor?