McLaren MP4-31 Honda

[Avocado]

That rear wing.

[OPOhan]

Hello. I'm new here. I've been following you for about a year. And now i'm registrated to help you. BTW im an Alonso fan, somost of the time i will observe Mclarens development. My first post: i don't know if you noticed, but at some time of the day a monkey-seat appeared on the MP4-31. Here's a pic.

[bauc]

At the moment it looks like last years car was faster than '31....Magnusen did 1.25.225 on softs....

Are you serious?

[kosioBG]

That rear wing.

http://img2.auto-motor-und-sport.de/Fer ... 929071.jpg

Also note how much lower the gearbox is behind the RW centre line compared to last year! The cut is massive

[f1rules]

welcome and nice spot

Hello. I'm new here. I've been following you for about a year. And now i'm registrated to help you. BTW im an Alonso fan, somost of the time i will observe Mclarens development. My first post: i don't know if you noticed, but at some time of the day a monkey-seat appeared on the MP4-31. Here's a pic. http://kepfeltoltes.hu/160223/12764727_ ... es.hu_.jpg

[GoranF1]

At the moment it looks like last years car was faster than '31....Magnusen did 1.25.225 on softs....

Are you serious?

Well i do hope its not the case....Morris said tommorow they will start to extract performance from chassis....so we will see.

[CjC]

Are the wing mirrors higher this year?
I've just noticed how high they are, they are above the drivers level eye line.

[adrianjordan]

Are the wing mirrors higher this year?
I've just noticed how high they are, they are above the drivers level eye line.

Possibly a side effect of the increased cockpit protection. I'm wondering if they needed to be raised to see over the top of the protection?

[ESPImperium]

What i have just noticed is the McLaren-Honda has what looks like a peto tube in the air box. I think this is like what Mercedes are doing with their 5, but could this be for the electronics to govern the airflow into the TC and, most of all the waste gate? I think there is something that they are trying to with the peto tube to manage their PU somewhere.

[DiogoBrand]

Alonso: McLaren could have best chassis by start of European season


http://www.grandprixtimes.com/news/id/11360

Are we still believing Alonso's statements?

[Thunder]

Yay Monkey Seat testing again. We had some apperances in last Years testing but they never raced one. Hopefully with more punch from Honda this will change.

Edit: A pretty nice Garage Shot from Yesterday Morning. Again showing the slotted FW Pylon pretty well.

[Lucky]

[GoranF1]

Honda had changed the PU overnight.
Dont know if its a different spec or the same.

[Thunder]

Great Pictures Lucky. Guess they measure the Exhaust Plume to optimise the Monkey Seat.

[Morteza]