McLaren unveiled
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Scifa said:
my, that lasted long!Scuffers said:
Scifa said:
my, that lasted long!I think its a very aggressive approach the McLaren engineers have taken, and with significantly less RB influence than the Ferrari. The high nose does without the top surface protrusions and the side pods are so small, there is almost a second area to accommodate the volume of the engine / exhausts.
Edited by thegobetween on Friday 29th January 10:29
Edited by thegobetween on Friday 29th January 10:29
thegobetween said:
I think its a very aggressive approach the McLaren engineers have taken, and with significantly less RB influence than the Ferrari. The high nose does without the top surface protrusions and the side pods are so small, there is almost a second area to accommodate the volume of the engine / exhausts.
Have to agree, if these are indeed the official pictures then it does seem like an aggresive approach which Whitmarsh did confirm to a few months ago. Good to see that there engineers and designers have the balls to try something different.Edited by thegobetween on Friday 29th January 10:29
Edited by thegobetween on Friday 29th January 10:29
I just hope it doesnt fall on its face like last years car did.
Reading the (cough) presspack, some of the cooling has been taken away from the sidepods and is now in the tail fin section. This allowed them to put some of the fuel in the space where the radiators were in the sidepods. They wanted to keep the wheelbase and bodywork dimensions as compact as possible.
look nice! very low and the narrower front tyres give it the illusion that it is wider at the back than the front
was still hoping for more orange though
oh and as for all the redbull influences, i recall ross brawn saying at some point last season that 2010's cars would look a lot like this years redbull...think ferrari took that a bit too serious!
was still hoping for more orange though
oh and as for all the redbull influences, i recall ross brawn saying at some point last season that 2010's cars would look a lot like this years redbull...think ferrari took that a bit too serious!
Mazda Baiter said:
Reading the (cough) presspack, some of the cooling has been taken away from the sidepods and is now in the tail fin section. This allowed them to put some of the fuel in the space where the radiators were in the sidepods. They wanted to keep the wheelbase and bodywork dimensions as compact as possible.
I presume they don't have as large cooling requirement now that the KERS is gone too.zac510 said:
Mazda Baiter said:
Reading the (cough) presspack, some of the cooling has been taken away from the sidepods and is now in the tail fin section. This allowed them to put some of the fuel in the space where the radiators were in the sidepods. They wanted to keep the wheelbase and bodywork dimensions as compact as possible.
I presume they don't have as large cooling requirement now that the KERS is gone too.Gassing Station | General Motorsport | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff