Team: Tim Goss (TD), Sam Michael (SD), Simon Roberts (OD), Neil Oatley (Director of Design & Development), Jonathan Neale (MD), Ron Dennis (McLaren Group CEO)
Drivers: Jenson Button (22), Kevin Magnussen (20), Stoffel Vandoorne (Res)
It could well be that the suspension itself is getting too hot – hence only attempting to run the carbon, instead of the bodged together (reinforced?) suspension on one day so far.Xero wrote:The overheating shouldn't affect the running of the car. From what I make of it they're more worried about the integrity of several components beyond the heat exits, and potential failures because of it. I could be reading it wrong though.
Yeah, that sounds spot on. I'm thinking back to the torched heat sensors on the rear crash structure last test too. Might be their butterfly suspension is concentrating the heat to different spots across the rear. Apparently they were running heat sensors today at the entrance of the rear brake ducts too, maybe worried about how much of that is being fed through the brakes?beelsebob wrote:It could well be that the suspension itself is getting too hot – hence only attempting to run the carbon, instead of the bodged together (reinforced?) suspension on one day so far.
I'm going to place my bet on the tires - given that McLaren's long runs seem to fade more than Merc's. The semi-stagnant pocket of air around the suspension could potentially cause trouble keeping the tires in the right range.beelsebob wrote:It could well be that the suspension itself is getting too hot – hence only attempting to run the carbon, instead of the bodged together (reinforced?) suspension on one day so far.Xero wrote:The overheating shouldn't affect the running of the car. From what I make of it they're more worried about the integrity of several components beyond the heat exits, and potential failures because of it. I could be reading it wrong though.
What do you want to say when you say that Mclaren's long run seems to fade more than Mercedes.Pup wrote:I'm going to place my bet on the tires - given that McLaren's long runs seem to fade more than Merc's. The semi-stagnant pocket of air around the suspension could potentially cause trouble keeping the tires in the right range.beelsebob wrote:It could well be that the suspension itself is getting too hot – hence only attempting to run the carbon, instead of the bodged together (reinforced?) suspension on one day so far.Xero wrote:The overheating shouldn't affect the running of the car. From what I make of it they're more worried about the integrity of several components beyond the heat exits, and potential failures because of it. I could be reading it wrong though.
Yes, seems we have a very intense tyre usage.Pup wrote:Look at the graphs of the stints that Blanchimont posted in the testing thread. Magnussen's times seem to drop off at a steeper rate than the others. Small sample size, of course, but we take what we get.
Must have been a very heavy monkey.Owen.C93 wrote:Broken monkey seat.
Looks good, actually. The lower element of the wing is pretty even and symetric, so it has good,steady flow. The top element has the line across it because DRS was activated; that is where the highest flow will be found, since the element is concave and that marks the lowest point when open. The areas at the top of the element are washover from the other side of the wing, common and difficult to avoid without changing the profile of the wing - which is not allowed in this case.f1rules wrote:any aero people that can elaborate on this flow pattern
