McLaren MP4-29 Mercedes

[Thunder]

yeahh damn them for doing what they're supposed to do.

[Pup]

[zioture]

I don't know if someone has already 'talked about this.
But I think that the wishbones are different
In red is more 'often
In yellow more 'subtle.
So they are not the same as we have seen in the discussions

[danielk]

were those holes in the rear wing there before?

edit:

hmmmm seems they were, but my eyes have allways been drawn towards looking at the suspension. Is this some way of blowing the rear wing on straights?

[Thunder]

were those holes in the rear wing there before?

Yes, they were even at the Launch.

[danielk]

Yea, just looked back an realize they were pointed out before. sorry

[Coefficient]

Yea, just looked back an realize they were pointed out before. sorry

They first appeared on the Williams in 2012. I think they are to help manage tyre turbulence near the wing assembly.

[frosty125]

I noticed in one of the film day photos that it looks like the team might have decided to run the car with the slot vents and gurney flap on the cooling exits.

[f1rules]

has the sidepod been extended on this Picture ?? from the media day



https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/ ... 7718_n.jpg

[Emerson.F]

http://i58.tinypic.com/vx4ko.jpg

Am i the only one who thinbks those vents at the top of the sidepods are illegal? I thought these where banned.
Seems like they wanna create a Blown Rear Wing. Anybody with some more knowledge on this?

[myurr]

http://i58.tinypic.com/vx4ko.jpg

Am i the only one who thinbks those vents at the top of the sidepods are illegal? I thought these where banned.
Seems like they wanna create a Blown Rear Wing. Anybody with some more knowledge on this?

There is a thin slot connecting them all to the hot air exit. From a regulatory point of view these then form one hole which is allowed.

There's no blowing of the rear wing going on with the vents. They are there to aid extraction of hot air rather than to direct it to specific parts of bodywork.

[aleks_ader]

http://i58.tinypic.com/vx4ko.jpg

Am i the only one who thinbks those vents at the top of the sidepods are illegal? I thought these where banned.
Seems like they wanna create a Blown Rear Wing. Anybody with some more knowledge on this?

There is a thin slot connecting them all to the hot air exit. From a regulatory point of view these then form one hole which is allowed.

There's no blowing of the rear wing going on with the vents. They are there to aid extraction of hot air rather than to direct it to specific parts of bodywork.

And they need positioned hot air exit hight if they want to feed towards butterfly "clean" coke bottle air. It all about implementation of all systems together as we mentioned previously that is also reason why is so hard to copy that idea.

[Manoah2u]

http://i58.tinypic.com/vx4ko.jpg

money shot right there. any chance in higher res?

[theWPTformula]

has the sidepod been extended on this Picture ?? from the media day

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/ ... 7718_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/ ... 7718_n.jpg

I think you're right! Looks like they're just giving downwash airflow over the sidepods a bigger surface area to be able to reach the floor.

[shotzski]

Is there any news/announcement about Mclaren's final car livery? Or they'll be sticking with what they're testing with? Thanks!