McLaren MP4-28 Mercedes

[Holm86]

Those sidepod wings are not new.

[stefan_]

Barcelona (Session 2) - Day 1 (28.02.2013)






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[gray41]

Single set of veins under the tub.

[KingHamilton01]

The fins on top of the sidepods do seem slightly different the out edge(tips) seem to have a little flick and the old one`s were straight? no new front wing yet, perhap`s they are waiting for it to dry as don`t have a spare?

[Forza]

BCN T03 - Day 1

[Just_a_fan]

Both drivers have been saying that the new car is difficult to set up and seems to change in feel during the sessions. This might end up a "hot and cold" car for McLaren with it being hugely quick when the drivers can get it dialled in and midfield when they can't.

I guess they're playing around with the sub-nose turning vanes in an attempt to get a consistent feel from the car for the drivers.

[Holm86]

The fins on top of the sidepods do seem slightly different the out edge(tips) seem to have a little flick and the old one`s were straight? no new front wing yet, perhap`s they are waiting for it to dry as don`t have a spare?

Look at the earlier pictures ... They have allways had that upward flick.

[KingHamilton01]

The fins on top of the sidepods do seem slightly different the out edge(tips) seem to have a little flick and the old one`s were straight? no new front wing yet, perhap`s they are waiting for it to dry as don`t have a spare?

Look at the earlier pictures ... They have allways had that upward flick.

Yeah I thought that after I had posted Looked slighty different, my eyes playing trick`s on me

[stefan_]

Barcelona (Test 3, Session 1) - Day 1 (28.02.2013)



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[astracrazy]

prob an illusion, but the nose looks like the Mp4-27 nose in terms of height in that pic

[beelsebob]

I was thinking the nose looked lower too, but thought it was a trick. Anyone got a comparison shot?

[Jackles-UK]

I thought this during the previous test so I had a look; I think the nose point is probably about the same height as the v2.0 nose from the -27 but the chassis is obviously a lot higher on the -28. The illusion is in whether the bodywork atop the FW pylons is convex or concave which confused me for a while!

[CjC]

I'm sure at one point I saw last years fins under the nose/tub.

I ain't too confident this year, especially after reading this:

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/105760

I think just a fan's 'hot and cold' opinion is a good one

[stefan_]

[gray41]

Changed the Johnnie Walker visor sponsorship.