New Mclaren frontving

Guest · Post 25 Feb 2004, 22:56

Look how many grooves those front and rear tyres have! I thought the maximum was 4 grooves!

Guest · Post 25 Feb 2004, 23:01

They're intermediate/wet tyres, that's why. Definitely not dry weather tyres!

Guest · Post 25 Feb 2004, 23:08

Yeah thanks i thought that at first just wasn't sure!

Irvingthien · Post 26 Feb 2004, 10:43

Reports by Autosport says that McLaren are testing rear suspension components, he had a clutch fairue too, still not reliable.

rodlamas · Post 26 Feb 2004, 23:04

Mclaren had a gear problem, not a clutch one.

This new front wing must be a step into the right direction as De la Rosa was also running with it at Silverstone yesterday.

Just one more week and that´s Melbourne time!

Guest · Post 26 Feb 2004, 23:33

Ok this is properly a stupid question. If a team gets a problem with the gearbox during training, does this then count as an engine related problem, or are they allowed to solve the problem without beeing punished.

Becker4 · Post 04 Mar 2004, 12:31

looks like they went with there origianl W design http://www.f1racing.net/en/photolarge.p ... 051&catID=

Guest · Post 04 Mar 2004, 13:29

They have both versions available in Melbourne. Surely before qualifying on saturday they must have decided which one to use...

NickT · Post 04 Mar 2004, 16:19

Guest, I think they can fix the problem as long as it occurs before the second qualifying session. After that session the cars are locked in parc ferme until just before the race.

Don't know the exact details, maybe someone out there does and explain it better.