McLaren MP4-31 Honda

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Hole in the sidepod? Also something around the top air inlet. Can't find a picture from another angle.
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This Picture posted by Lucky above shows how early the Bodywork stops on the Floor and just how much free Space there is on top of the Diffusor. I just added an Arrow to show what i mean.
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Also no additional cooling Ducts on the Front Brake Ducts today.
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Jef Patat wrote:Hole in the sidepod? Also something around the top air inlet. Can't find a picture from another angle.
http://cdn-9.motorsport.com/images/mgl/ ... ipment.jpg
Access panel according to SomersF1
https://twitter.com/SomersF1/status/702429496218099713

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I removed a few posts about the laptimes or comparing laptimes with other cars.

Only if laptimes are being correlated back to respective parts of the car, they can be used. Laptimes during testing mean very little anyway as they are not driving in anger: they test parts, they test reliability, they run big aero rakes, etc. There's no information to be gained out of it.

Any particular findings not correlated back to specific hardware of the car should go into the team thread, you can find the link in the first post.
#AeroFrodo

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Aero rake gone and monkey seat back this afternoon

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Anyone up for a little FlowViz? ^^

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Can't see it's been noted yet, but what I wonder is this?Image

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j2004p wrote:Can't see it's been noted yet, but what I wonder is this?http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/p ... -05-42.jpg
Leaf blower nozzle ?

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Its the output of the blower they use to cool the brakes when the car is stationary. Some teams have adapters that fit the brake cooler inlets. Some don't, this one is from from haas

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Nice image of the undercut:
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has been caught smoking in the pitlane AMUS

stopped at end of pitlane and mechanic had to push it back ..

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From: http://forums.autosport.com/topic/20076 ... ?p=7444496

Button: 270 S1 267 S2 276 S3 317 Speed Trap.
Best: 278 S1 274 S2 286 S3 334 Speed Trap.