Mclaren Mercedes MP4-25

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[pascaljackson]

what a beast of a DDD

[Afterburner]

It looks a TDD to me...

[timbo]

what a beast of a DDD

Yeah, but it seems that they have suspension members and over stuff inside the channel. May hinder its effectivness somewhat.

[shotzski]

It looks a TDD to me...

Yeah. Seems like so. If my eyes aren't deceiving me, I could see vertical fins just below the Bridgestone decal. And notice the dark area in the middle of the engine cover. Seems like a slot for air to pass through.

[zgred]

Strange slit in the sidepod

[horse]

Doesn't look like the extra airbox holes vent through the rear wing, in this picture.

[myurr]

what a beast of a DDD

Yeah, but it seems that they have suspension members and over stuff inside the channel. May hinder its effectivness somewhat.

You sure? It's really hard to see but it looks to me that the drive shaft and suspension arms connect just behind the top deck of the diffuser.

Edit: By just behind I mean just the other side of - ie. in front of the diffuser when looking at the car from the front.

[myurr]

One thing that no one else has commented on is the lack of clutter on top of the McLaren nose. On the launch car there was a single fin, and at the test only a single Pitot tube has been added. Is this a sign of the lengths they've gone to in reducing the drag of their car!?

[myurr]

Strange slit in the sidepod

According to scarbs twitter feed they've opened the other side up now as well. Looks like a way of reducing the air flow through the side pods - bit like when they used to close off part of the entrance. Perhaps this is a more efficient method of achieving the same end result.

[f1rules]

no suspension parts inside the mclaren diff, if you go back and look at the pics, so third floor of the diff goes all the way up to the beamwing, and uses that as an extension amazing, this mclaren diff make all other look old

[Raptor22]

all the sculpting is lovely but largely ineffective if teh diffusor has no unbroken boundary.
the "levels in the Mclaren diffusor don;t all look unbrokjen or uninterupted at all.

Still looks like a DD.

[zgred]

Strange slit in the sidepod

According to scarbs twitter feed they've opened the other side up now as well. Looks like a way of reducing the air flow through the side pods - bit like when they used to close off part of the entrance. Perhaps this is a more efficient method of achieving the same end result.

Yes according to track data from the 2010 Winter Testing Thread:

Circuit status: Air temperature: 13 ° C
Track temperature: 30 °

So maybe they can decrease flow to the radiators.

[Pup]

There's a faint shadow along the upper element of the rear wing. Could that be a slot?

[Raptor22]

There's a faint shadow along the upper element of the rear wing. Could that be a slot?

Yes I noticed that too. Its possibly the missing slot