McLaren MCL35M

[PlatinumZealot]

Any thoughts on the MCL packaging now we’ve seen the other Mercedes powered cars?

Is it the lighting and our paint that hides the “bulge” or is it simply that Merc and Aston have gone tighter than McLaren and Williams?

Aston Martin through their copycat philosophy have learned what makes the Mercedes aerodynamics "tick" and thus have been able to integrate the observed Mercedes side-pod tightness and possibly other cooling arrangements into their own design without losing aerodynamic efficiency.
McLaren and Williams on the other hand are ignorant to what boundaries can be pushed with regard to sidepod profile with the Mercedes Engine. One is a newbie and the other has such a mess-up aero-philosophy they can't do anything but run a big fat bulb of a cover around the engine without melting everything in Dali-like fashion.

[mclaren111]

I like MCL35M's Smooth & Rounded (Green) start of the Sidepod...

[haza]

Having seen the complexity of other teams aero ie, Aston, alpha tauri, alpine can we expect a new floor for testing ?

[Ground Effect]

Having seen the complexity of other teams aero ie, Aston, alpha tauri, alpine can we expect a new floor for testing ?

Have we seen the floor yet?

[Stu]

https://i.ibb.co/k6wjx5N/Euag-I-s-WQAE8-Yw1.jpg


I like MCL35M's Smooth & Rounded (Green) start of the Sidepod...

The ‘sexy bulge’ is there (blue arrow and back) but the centreline cooling of the McLaren hides it nicely. Time was, bulges were called blisters and were thought of as a negative thing. By reducing the bulginess of the bulge there may be Coanda-style benefits to be had. That plus reduced bulk in the sidepod increases the floor area, which should prove to be a benefit. Proof will be in the performance, roll on testing and the season starting!

[PlatinumZealot]

https://i.ibb.co/k6wjx5N/Euag-I-s-WQAE8-Yw1.jpg


I like MCL35M's Smooth & Rounded (Green) start of the Sidepod...

The ‘sexy bulge’ is there (blue arrow and back) but the centreline cooling of the McLaren hides it nicely. Time was, bulges were called blisters and were thought of as a negative thing. By reducing the bulginess of the bulge there may be Coanda-style benefits to be had. That plus reduced bulk in the sidepod increases the floor area, which should prove to be a benefit. Proof will be in the performance, roll on testing and the season starting!

Blisters are tinier things. These are not blisters.

Not to sound nasty, but do they call it a blister in front of an embarrassed young man's pants? or a big ole' bulge?

A bulge is bigger thing, a blister is a tiny thing.

[Stu]

https://i.ibb.co/k6wjx5N/Euag-I-s-WQAE8-Yw1.jpg


I like MCL35M's Smooth & Rounded (Green) start of the Sidepod...

The ‘sexy bulge’ is there (blue arrow and back) but the centreline cooling of the McLaren hides it nicely. Time was, bulges were called blisters and were thought of as a negative thing. By reducing the bulginess of the bulge there may be Coanda-style benefits to be had. That plus reduced bulk in the sidepod increases the floor area, which should prove to be a benefit. Proof will be in the performance, roll on testing and the season starting!

Blisters are tinier things. These are not blisters.

Not to sound nasty, but do they call it a blister in front of an embarrassed young man's pants? or a big ole' bulge?

A bulge is bigger thing, a blister is a tiny thing.

Sometimes it would be more accurate to call it a blister, until we see a comparative performance it is difficult to tell, those bulges could be made of gym-socks....

[_cerber1]

[NiyolHuayra]

Starting today maybe we will get some new pictures from the pitlane. Fingers crossed.

[MrGapes]

[mclaren111]

Is that a "Bulge" on the nose or a Shadow ??

[McFAN]

Is that a "Bulge" on the nose or a Shadow ??


https://i.ibb.co/vwqzqCR/Ew-Dnl5-SWEAQ5-Tf.jpg

Here's a better view,
Looks like a reflection to me, not sure though

[mclaren111]

I think you're right... Looks like shadow...

[KingHamilton01]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EwDnl5SWEAQ ... =4096x4096

Looking at the nose and comparing it to the Aston martin and Mercedes version, it look's like there isn't as much of a pinch in the McLaren version yet. This help's get the Airflow onto the cape earlier and improve airflow, so I wonder if we will get an updated version? or would this be classed as a structure change and would have to be done as a token change?

[bosyber]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EwDnl5SWEAQ ... =4096x4096

Looking at the nose and comparing it to the Aston martin and Mercedes version, it look's like there isn't as much of a pinch in the McLaren version yet. This help's get the Airflow onto the cape earlier and improve airflow, so I wonder if we will get an updated version? or would this be classed as a structure change and would have to be done as a token change?

Can they though? I mean, it's likely that would mean a change in nose crash-structure, which probably would have meant spending a token (or a spend of the allowed bit of update-space during the season). Ferrari have an indent in the nose _ahead_ of the rest of the crash structure, while both Mercedes and RP/AM already had the right shape there from last year.