Mclaren MP4-30 Honda

[Thunder]

Well i think it's safe to say they won't be using DRS much, so it may be wise to go for a super low drag setup to not get eaten on the straights and rely on your 2 experienced Drivers to keep the Car on the Track.

Edit: Also more from AMuS



Also, is this the first Time since the 2009 Regulation change that McLaren uses a super skinny RW in Monza?

[Morteza]

[PlatinumZealot]

Well i think it's safe to say they won't be using DRS much, so it may be wise to go for a super low drag setup to not get eaten on the straights and rely on your 2 experienced Drivers to keep the Car on the Track.

Edit: Also more from AMuS
http://img3.auto-motor-und-sport.de/McL ... 893158.jpg
http://img3.auto-motor-und-sport.de/McL ... 893158.jpg

Also, is this the first Time since the 2009 Regulation change that McLaren uses a super skinny RW in Monza?

Since 2010 super-skinny and f-duct removed.
2011 was barn door
and 2012 skinny.

[mikeerfol]

https://twitter.com/McLarenF1/status/639478028733685764 https://twitter.com/ScarbsF1/status/639480236602753024

[GoranF1]

Alonso said for AS today that MP4-30 is second best chassis behind RB and they have data to prove that.

[dmjunqueira]

https://twitter.com/ScarbsF1/status/639480236602753024

This exhaust pipe has always been this color?

[Mr Sparkle]

https://twitter.com/McLarenF1/status/639478028733685764

https://twitter.com/ScarbsF1/status/639480236602753024

Anyone have any idea how much downforce such a skinny wing will produce? Almost looks as if they could just bin it all together and attract some column inches.

Also, why would the long nose make a re-appearance? Could it be that it is simply a lower drag solution to the short nose, I would have thought the rest of the car would have been optimised for the short design by now...

Edit: The small wing may give them trouble putting the powder down out of corners. I wonder if this is a way to eek out more speed in the straights with respect to the energy deployment ie - setting the MGU to deliver less energy out of corners initially, but deploying it further down the straight for longer (at a lower wattage) so that it is more even throughout the lap rather than first/second sector only as with Spa..

[BanMeToo]

Yea there is going to be nothing there when DRS is open

[jk-27]

Alonso said for AS today that MP4-30 is second best chassis behind RB and they have data to prove that.

I don't believe that for a second. More bravado talk from McLaren, they need to stop trying to delude people.

[santos]

Yea there is going to be nothing there when DRS is open

do you think they will use it?

[delladv]

Car left side:

Only long noses today on the pit-lane:

Other PU shots:

[andrewf1]

Alonso said for AS today that MP4-30 is second best chassis behind RB and they have data to prove that.

The power of dreams.

[desl]

Alonso said for AS today that MP4-30 is second best chassis behind RB and they have data to prove that.

Maybe it's potential ... but not it's performance


Helmut Marko often claims RBR to have the best chassis ... even after races when the Toro Rosso performed better with the same engine.

[Thunder]

I like that rear wing
I'm sure the sponsors like it too because these pesky Vortex Generators don't hide their logo's anymore at the wrong angle.

[GoranF1]

I am not sure if translation is wrong but the seem to plan to put Hungary(no token) engine in now!???
https://twitter.com/AlbertFabrega/statu ... 7351897088