McLaren MP4-29 Mercedes

[Daliracing]

Here is the second broken nose, it broke during the pitstop. 'Cause the Mclaren has not fixed this, it could be done on purpose?
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i wonder why they put the tape on the brake intakes or what they are called. does anyone knows why they do that?

[Gridlock]

Temps were on the low end of expectations so brake cooling requirements are also lower - tape is the standard way of achieving this (if you don't have better optimised ducts to hand).

[Daliracing]

Temps were on the low end of expectations so brake cooling requirements are also lower - tape is the standard way of achieving this (if you don't have better optimised ducts to hand).

thanks for the info i didn't know that and i've seen that many times before

[Jef Patat]

Here is the second broken nose, it broke during the pitstop. 'Cause the Mclaren has not fixed this, it could be done on purpose?
https://scontent-b-mxp.xx.fbcdn.net/hph ... 4838_n.jpg

Well, then they were very clumsy in their intention:

• They forgot to do it with Kevin
• The cap that broke off fell on the ground and Jenson drove over it, luckilly it was with the sharp edges down, otherwise it could've been a puncture

[Avocado]

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[Rikhart]

And still we havent seen the true shape of the butterfly suspension. When they were filming magnussen getting out of the car enroute to the podium I was screaming "POINT THE BLOODY CAMERA AT IT MAN"!

[adrianjordan]

Temps were on the low end of expectations so brake cooling requirements are also lower - tape is the standard way of achieving this (if you don't have better optimised ducts to hand).

Also using tape allows them to improve brake cooling, if temps rise for example, very easily by tearing the tape off. Using different ducts doesn't allow for this.

[mikeerfol]

I was wondering, is there any reason McLaren drivers are the only ones who are using 99% throttle (According to the FOM telemetry) when flat out?

[ChrisM40]

I was wondering, is there any reason McLaren drivers are the only ones who are using 99% throttle (According to the FOM telemetry) when flat out?

Part of Mclarens way to ensure they stay under the 100Kg/h flow limit?

[Owen.C93]

Calibration issue. Most telemetry systems measure full throttle as 99% because then you know when they are full throttle. If it showed 100% then there's the possibility that the pedal is going further than that but not logged.

[l4mbch0ps]

Temps were on the low end of expectations so brake cooling requirements are also lower - tape is the standard way of achieving this (if you don't have better optimised ducts to hand).

Also using tape allows them to improve brake cooling, if temps rise for example, very easily by tearing the tape off. Using different ducts doesn't allow for this.

The other issue of course is parc ferme conditions. They are allowed to add and remove tape as they like according to conditions throughout the weekend, but switching ducts would be violating parc ferme.

[Avocado]

McLaren plans to be more aggressive to close Mercedes' F1 margin

[Thunder]

McLaren plans to be more aggressive to close Mercedes' F1 margin

"Significant Upgrade Package for Malaysia" sounds sweet.

[nace84]

Last year they had a lot of "Significant Upgrade Packages", but none of them worked....so let's be cautious about that

[Thunder]

Well testing was positive and the Melbourne Package worked well too so i'm confident they sorted their correlation out.