McLaren MP4-29 Mercedes

[Herr_Koos]

Wow, from one of the nicer looking cars, the MP4-29 has gone straight to the bottom of the list in term of visual appeal with this new nose. #ugly

Completely agree. Very sad indeed.

[stefan_]

Malaysia 2014 - Saturday (29.03.2014)

[adrianjordan]

Wow, from one of the nicer looking cars, the MP4-29 has gone straight to the bottom of the list in term of visual appeal with this new nose. #ugly

Completely agree. Very sad indeed.

Thing is, if they painted the protrusion black, then it would look so much better...

[Herr_Koos]

Wow, from one of the nicer looking cars, the MP4-29 has gone straight to the bottom of the list in term of visual appeal with this new nose. #ugly

Completely agree. Very sad indeed.

Thing is, if they painted the protrusion black, then it would look so much better...

I'd prefer a proper nose to this farce; it's just tragic. I hope the update is worth a few tenths; that will at least make it more bearable.

[Rikhart]

So many super close up detailed shots of everything in the car we say dozens of times already, but STILL we do not know the true shape of the goddam butterfly suspension. Photographers these days...

[PhillipM]

What are you expecting, some photographer to jump in with a hacksaw, chop the hub end off the arm and get a photo?
Because if not, there's a great big bloody upright in the way.

[Morteza]

Formula1.com

[megasyxx]

disappointed with mclaren's performance this week......ron the baldman dennis' s claim that they bought in 0.5secs for this weekend is true indeed....problem is, rbr, ferrari and a few others found an additional 0.9 to 1.2 secs with em this week.

[Shakeman]

So many super close up detailed shots of everything in the car we say dozens of times already, but STILL we do not know the true shape of the goddam butterfly suspension. Photographers these days...

Speaking of which, they don't appear to be a magic bullet giving them masses of rear end grip over the other teams. Well, if they are working well that would mean the rest of the car is suspect.

I was expecting more from McLaren and on a track they themselves said would suit them better than Melbourne they were at best average.

[CjC]

It's funny, I'm not denying that you heard them say that sepang would suit them more than Albert park but Button said mid weekend that they are weak in high speed corners.... Errrr there's a lot of high speed corners in sepang as you well know.
Did they only realise this after FP1 and 2? Lol

[megasyxx]

Button said mid weekend that they are weak in high speed corners....

Where are they strong on anyway?

[ACJJ619]

I noticed the McLarens were quite high on the fuel usage during the race whilst the other Mercedes powered cars were doing very well. Butterfly suspension related perhaps?

[CjC]

Button said mid weekend that they are weak in high speed corners....

Where are they strong on anyway?

Well Button suggests on his post race interview on F1.com that they are good in slow speed corners and/or traction, I think he mainly means traction.

I noticed the McLarens were quite high on the fuel usage during the race whilst the other Mercedes powered cars were doing very well. Butterfly suspension related perhaps?

I personally am not reading too much into those figures, Horner said on Sky during the race that One of his drivers fuel flow sensor has 'died', if that's so how can the FIA show those fuel figures ACCURATELY as they did?

[Avocado]

problem is, rbr, ferrari and a few others found an additional 0.9 to 1.2 secs with em this week.

Yeah, no.

[Jef Patat]

Look how the 'penis' is attached under the nose.