McLaren MCL38

[ashnathan]

From an onboard view in sprint quali, there is quite a lot of flex in the front wing. Backs off a lot under load and lifts nicely back into place under braking, much more than normal.

Might be helping the efficiency of the new package, anyone notice this under braking after the long straight? I tried to watch other cars and they didn’t move anywhere near as much.

[organic]

Good thread showing comparisons with pre Miami

[mclaren111]

[Tomsky]

[Marble]

The full thread and comparative pictures are here :

[Tomsky]

[mwillems]

The suspension fairing: revised to support the modification of the flow downstream of the front wing.
Image 1: Front view, modification to the exterior of the suspensions
Image 2: modification of the chassis anchor (subtle, but see the orange/black paint limit)

[michl420]

I also think the shoulder over the inner rear suspension, where the painting cut from orange to black, is higher. And maybe to the same dimension on his underside (rear push rod opening) tighter.

[organic]

[organic]

The shaping of the underside of the floor edge wing is particularly interesting

[AR3-GP]

Mclaren will not be happy about that...

[Spacepace]

See Mercedes! This is a floor

[Vanja #66]

There's a throat on the inside of strakes right behind the leading edge. Followed by a higher tunnel roof locally and a gradual decrease towards diffuser throat. Mercedes does, in fact, have a similar feature, all basically originating with RB18. Strake vortex is given a lot of room to develop and feed.

[mwillems]

https://i.imgur.com/zC6anNV.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/l3QDGIL.jpeg

The shaping of the underside of the floor edge wing is particularly interesting

It's beautiful, almost like the contours are based on an ordinance survey map, it looks so natural.

Wow, and that's what I call a very flat spot on the right rear.

[CaribouBread]

https://i.imgur.com/l3QDGIL.jpeg

The shaping of the underside of the floor edge wing is particularly interesting

There's some fine symmetric sculpting on the keel, there is a channel that runs along the length of the keel. Seems unique.