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McLaren MP4-29 Mercedes

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McLaren MP4-29 Mercedes

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Is it wrong that I really like the 2011 Mclaren sidepods?
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JimClarkFan wrote:Is it wrong that I really like the 2011 Mclaren sidepods?
I hope not because so do I...
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Today, in the second day of testing, Mclaren was working at the rear of the car. They were refining the last concept at the rear suspension and also little tweaks to the diffuser.

Source: http://www.omnicorse.it/magazine/39847/ ... tapparella
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He's probably counting the removal of their FRIC System as an update :) , so I wouldn't get too excited...
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CBeck113 wrote:He's probably counting the removal of their FRIC System as an update :) , so I wouldn't get too excited...
You're wrong. He said this before the all FRIC ban situation.
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KingHamilton01
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why is everyone getting excited about these upgrades, probably will be nothing visual!
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KingHamilton01 wrote:why is everyone getting excited about these upgrades, probably will be nothing visual!
lol, now that someone has said the obvious, the unusual might actually happen - i.e. they actually produce a visibly different upgrade that decently improves performance.
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adrianjordan wrote:
JimClarkFan wrote:Is it wrong that I really like the 2011 Mclaren sidepods?
I hope not because so do I...
You are both sick. The 2011 Mclaren was uglier than a 2014 car.
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We had a nice discussion of the Meredith Effect, but it was bogging down this thread. There's not necessarily a clean way to break this off, but the posts that described it in general and compared cars were put into the dedicated Meredith Effect and sidepod design thread. http://www.f1technical.net/forum/viewto ... =6&t=15179
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Hockenheim 2014, Thursday via AMuS:

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turbof1 wrote: YOU SHALL NOT......STALLLLL!!!
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Duke
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Nice aggressive front wing there.
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Germany - Thursday (17.07.2014)

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Slight change to the front wing that I just noticed that looks like it was introduced at silverstone. At the bottom of the back of the endplate on the front wing the flick out seems to be larger.
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There's a new series of strakes on the RWEP and a new rear wing.
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scarbs wrote:There's a new series of strakes on the RWEP and a new rear wing.
Any pics?
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