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Team: Tim Goss (director of engineering), Paddy Lowe (TD), Neil Oatley (DRD), Martin Whitmarsh (TP), Jonathan Neale (MD), Sam Michael (SD)
Drivers: Jenson Button (5), Sergio Pérez (6)
Jenson Button said McLaren's set-up experiments in Indian Grand Prix practice did not pay off.
The Briton revealed on Thursday that McLaren would try settings "completely different" to anything it had used in recent years at Buddh.
With the team not in a championship battle this season, it wanted to experiment with more radical ideas.
But the results of Friday practice suggested McLaren was better off sticking to standard settings.
"We tried a few things this morning, but it didn't work for us at the moment around this type of circuit," said Button.
"In a way I suppose it's good as it means we've been getting the best out of the car all year.
"I think we understand where we need to be. We started in the wrong place, but we developed the car over the day and we're getting there."
Button and team-mate Sergio Perez were sixth and seventh in the morning session, but at the foot of the top 10 later on.
Looks to be that the outside of the last element is fixed, and the larger inside section is adjustable. They have some sort of mini end-plate at the end of each of these segments, maybe to try and bridge the gap if the inside wing setting is a great deal different from the fixed position of the outside part.Crucial_Xtreme wrote:Maybe it's just me but I find it interesting/odd that the support on the uppermost element between the two gurney flaps is not one piece and they're split...
cooling vents , like small chimenyseinfeld wrote:can someone tell me what those vents do on above the sidepods and next to the drivers head rests. ?
I'm pretty sure i've read on this site (regarding the numerous Merc ones) that it ALSO helps hold the air flow onto the surface of the car, from my 'armchair aerodynamic' understanding it acts like a jet's vortex generator, holding the air flow on the wing (but for the car to keep the air moving downward)seinfeld wrote:I see, so its from the sidepod still. its just cooling maybe electronics or something? does that seal the air along the body as well or something? as you would just run it all out the back sidepod if it gave u more downforce?
I think this is nothing for next season. Even if there are no more restrictions in the locations they would be too high.gloomyandy wrote:Is the position of the camera pods being used today in line with the 2014 regulations? Seem to remember next year that they are more restricted in the location they can use.
Sincerley,ole wrote:Hello,
Where can I find specific drawings with the dimensions of the chassis, rear and front wing etc?
I would like to draw it from scratch in exact scale.
Thank you.
Looking at the Mclaren lately it seems to me that they solved their suspension difficulties/problems from earlier in the season, it is a car that rides very well now, not looking overly stiff like early season, and in general has a decent balance (a bit understeery in places).bauc wrote:As per JB Mclaren will test radical set up with the MP4-28 this weekend to try and find out what they might expect next year.
From Autosport.com:
"You definitely go places with the car that you would not normally do because you would be worried about giving points away if the weekend went wrong,"
"Here I have a set-up on my car that is completely different to any other race we have had the last couple of years - just to see where we are. It might help us next year.
"We are in a position where we can do that because we are not fighting for winning races, podiums or the championship so there are some positives to take out of it. And there aren't many in a difficult season."
He also added:
You learn where you cannot put things in terms of front wing angles and how the airflow is over the car," he said. "And that will really help us for next year's car.
"To have a bad year this year was probably the best year to have it, because you can learn a lot for the new package of 2014."
What do you guys think on above?