McLaren MP4-29 Mercedes

[i70q7m7ghw]

Looked like an MP4-23 nose to me.

[Mr.G]

I don't think so.

[KingHamilton01]

http://abload.de/img/1390604224863g0ppl.jpg

Wait, did I miss something....? or is this a photoshop?

[i70q7m7ghw]

http://abload.de/img/1390604224863g0ppl.jpg

Too much like the old Sauber design.

I see this as an interim year before a huge McLaren relaunch next year. The 2015 car will see new title sponsor (possibly Honda), a completely new livery, new team kit etc and we'll all be sitting here thinking "wow"

I wouldn't be shocked at all if the car design for next year has been started, including the livery

It looks nothing like Sauber, it's meant to be a throwback to this

[SectorOne]

The fairing is not 'cause there's too much distance?


http://www.newsf1.it/wp-content/uploads ... claren.jpg







http://www.newsf1.it

how rude of them not to accknowledge us on F1T that crops and enhances pictures that they can slap their own logos on

[RicME85]

Anyone else spotted the absence of Santander on the car...along with a few other sponsors I believe...

Afaik Santander hasn't been on the car since 2008. Johnnie Walker seems to be missing though

On the mirrors

[eyalynf1]

I wonder how the absence of lower rear wing endplates will affect diffuser performance. I would hypothesize that the tire squirt will be unmitigated over the top of the diffuser, robbing downforce. And adding them later will be non-trivial as the rear leg of the upper A-arm is in the way.

[shotzski]

Anyone else spotted the absence of Santander on the car...along with a few other sponsors I believe...

Afaik Santander hasn't been on the car since 2008. Johnnie Walker seems to be missing though

On the mirrors

I believe Santander's contract with Mclaren states that their logo to appear only on the overalls. Unless of course they 'upgrade' their sponsorship package, for logos to appear on the car. Just like Fedex between 07-08 season.

Quoted from Federal Express:
"FedEx Express and the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Team were both built on the same set of values: leadership, teamwork, integrity, and a commitment to "be the best". The proposed arrangement entitles FedEx to prominently display its logo on the collar of the team's drivers overalls making it visible to a world-wide monitored audience of 2.75 billion viewers."
Iirc Santander never left Mclaren. They just poured more money to Ferrari because of Alonso

[Vanja #66]

What about the carbon nose at abou 0:40 look different but still matching 2014 regs.

This?



Looks to me like one of those speculation MCD pictures... Just need to find it... There it is.

[adrianjordan]

Is it possible that McLaren were working on a part from an old car?? Maybe stripping it down ready to apply the new livery to use it as a showcar or something??

Just thinking that the black carbon nose there looks a lot like the nose from the MP4-22...

[stefan_]

That nosecone looks more like this


or

[Vanja #66]

Tip of the nose doesn't seem to follow contour behind it, that wasn't the case with any of the noses from that period of time...

[timbo]

I wonder how the absence of lower rear wing endplates will affect diffuser performance. I would hypothesize that the tire squirt will be unmitigated over the top of the diffuser, robbing downforce. And adding them later will be non-trivial as the rear leg of the upper A-arm is in the way.

I don't think this is the final rear wing, the render is very different.

[henra]

That nosecone looks more like this

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/u ... 2007_3.jpg
or
http://wakpaper.com/large/Mclaren_wallpapers_100.jpg

Yup.
Looks very much like it.
Maybe just an older sequence in the clip?

To me the pylons look to high for the 2014 regs.
This nose looks rather as if it was made for a 625mm AA line bulkhead.

[shelly]

The fairing is not 'cause there's too much distance?

The split line on the exposed starboard floor is interesting - unusual. The wire for the IR sensor seems much better integrated on the outer side of the split line, suggesting there is a previuos / next version of the floor in which the split could be the beginning of teh radius between floor and sidepod, a la redbull