Mclaren MP4-30 Honda

[turbof1]

This is the official Mclaren car topic. Any discussion about the technical aspects of the car belong here.

Some ground rules:
-Discussion about the car ONLY. Talk about drivers or engineers belongs in the team thread.
-Discussion about sponsors, partnes and livery also belong in the team thread. However, if a technical partner delivers a product that directly goes into the car, then that is allowed here as long it's solely about the car. For instance Shell developing a new lubricant.
-Comparing laptimes belongs in the respective race or test thread.
-Speculation is NOT allowed. Discussion is limited purely to "what you can touch and see", about the psysical parts on the car.
-Moderators can split topics when they see fit.

Any posts failing these simple guidelines will be removed! Repeating offenders will receive action.

[turbof1]

I'm repeating again: only technical discussion about the physical aspects of the car is allowed! Thing like livery talk goes here: http://www.f1technical.net/forum/viewto ... =1&t=21323

[GPR-A duplicate2]

[McMrocks]

long nose
tight packaging
old fw (expect some changes until Melbourne)

[F1NAC]

Woow where is the engine space. Amazing how tight spacing is at the back.

[WaikeCU]

Interesting front suspension. Never seen that shape before.

[JimClarkFan]

@MrMocks: You mean the old new front wing? This is the one revealed late last year that everyone said looked like the red bull wing? -no?

Is the rear butterfly suspension still there? - please be gone

[turbof1]

long nose
tight packaging
old fw (expect some changes until Melbourne)

It's the Abu Dhabi wing, with some very tiny alterations.

Very sculpted wing pylons, in the line of the williams philosophy.

Very tight coke bottle. Definitely inspired by red bull.

[F1NAC]

Look at the floor at the front of rear wheels. Never seen this kind of shape(cutted like that)

[WaikeCU]

...and the sidepod openings are so small. So there's no heat problems after all!

[stefan_]

[Felipe 92]

[Hail22]

Check out the rear floor cut outs, that's very Red Bull-esque and quite different to other cutouts that we've seen in the past...curved and sculpted similar to the roundness of a tire.

[McMrocks]

long nose
tight packaging
old fw (expect some changes until Melbourne)

It's the Abu Dhabi wing, with some very tiny alterations.

Very sculpted wing pylons, in the line of the williams philosophy.

Very tight coke bottle. Definitely inspired by red bull.

I'd say it is the Abu Dhabi wing 1:1. alterations yet to come

edit: will be intersting to see how the wheelbase changed. the huge visible floor space make it look very long

[mikhak]

Looks like the rear suspension blockers are still there but only on the lower element, . Top wishbone looks to be as a standard layout.