McLaren MP4-26 Mercedes

[chepoi]

nice car.... hope that this car can translate the beauty to the best performance in the circuit to winning 2011 constructor & driver...

[bonjon1979]

Is it just me or it looks like the car has a REALLY long wheel base?

As per my pic above, it's longer than the Ferrari and probably roughly on a par with the Red Bull.

they're not scaled the same. But yes, I suspect that it is on the long side.

[2011F1]

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team has launched its 2011 competitor in Berlin, with the Woking-based team presenting the 2011 MP4-26 in front of media at the Kaisersaal media centre.

McLaren MP4-26 in Photos

[forty-two]

Do I see pull rod suspension?

[Gori]

Do I see pull rod suspension?

Yes it is pull rod.

The second air inlet on the airbox is for gearbox and hydraulics cooling, said Tim Goss.

http://www.motorsport-total.com/f1/news ... 20416.html (german)

[myurr]

Not sure why that image stopped working on my previous post. It's still there if I manually browse to it

[timbo]

Do I see pull rod suspension?

Yeah, a pull-rod on the rear.
Interesting car.

[Tamburello]

Sidepods remind me of the Benetton B195 on steroids...

nah, to me more like that ugly ferrari from the mid nineties. The macca doesn't look ugly though.

So what do people think, is this sidepod thing going to work? And if so, why didn't anyone else come close to designing it?

[jason.parker.86]

Is it me or is the forum slow?

[Tamburello]

nice car.... hope that this car can translate the beauty to the best performance in the circuit to winning 2011 constructor & driver...

why do you hope that?

[ringo]

It's the forum traffic. Happens every time there is a car launch.

This car has front exhausts.



It's there. The pipe is an ovalled rectangle.
Turning vanes also there on top the floor

[chepoi]

Not sure why that image stopped working on my previous post. It's still there if I manually browse to it

Mclaren got lower front suspensions from Ferrari

[jason.parker.86]

well spotted the exhausts... but makes me think. would they go thru all that trouble to add some mikey mouse exhausts at the rear if they was going to have a pipe at the front?

[Tamburello]

And what, no comments on the front wing? looks extraordinary to me...

[sketchyterry]

Also does it have two splitters/snow plough one just under the nose, could that work in conjunction with the side pods??