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McLaren Racing has become the first Formula One team to unveil their 2021 contender at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, UK. Named the MCL35M to underline the team's return to Mercedes power.
Didn’t realized that the main plane of the MCL35M was smaller than other teams… Interesting!_cerber1 wrote:https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/arti ... KU3Ss.html
No me neither, that explains why the car has had a qualy boost.SmallSoldier wrote: ↑13 Jul 2021, 23:34Didn’t realized that the main plane of the MCL35M was smaller than other teams… Interesting!_cerber1 wrote:https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/arti ... KU3Ss.html
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I’m having a hard time picturing why an smaller main plane with a larger secondary is more efficient without DRS, I would have thought about it the other way around… Can you please elaborate? Really trying to grasp the conceptPhillipM wrote: ↑14 Jul 2021, 15:06tbfh I think they have that the wrong way around, a large main plane and smaller DRS flap tends to have a stronger effect, because the DRS opening is limited by the distance the front edge is allowed to move, not by angle, so a smaller DRS flap allows more AoA change.
We saw this with most of the grid when DRS first came in, main planes got larger, secondaries got smaller, to enchance the DRS effect.
A smaller main plane and a larger secondary tends to be more efficient overall without DRS, which is what Mclaren aimed for - they already have enough straight line speed in hand even without DRS opening.
These bargeboards can pass for modern art. I will miss them on next year's cars.
