Mclaren MCL40

[AR3-GP]

[hollus]

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[Badger]

Clearly hiding the floor. Otherwise looks fairly in line with previous gen to me, at least on the sidepod concept.

[Trocola]

Front pushrod

Interesting change, as they have been using pull rod for last seasons

[Darth-Piekus]

Front pushrod

Interesting change, as they have been using pull rod for last seasons

It looks like a very basic 2026 F1 concept. Is it the real car?

[mythr-ran-dire]

Looks like the real car, but with critical parts either taped over, or digitally edited. Very curious to see what’s going on with the front brake ducts, and the floor.

Edit: also noticing a kick along the frontal cross section. Looks pretty pronounced.

[Emag]

Incredibly basic-looking render. Literally nothing going on even worth discussing. Sort of looks like an even more basic version of the RedBull’s livery render. If this is the “advanced” aero they’re pushing deadlines for, then they’re in trouble

[Meche]

Definitely looks to carry forward their 2025 sidepod design/philosophy, albeit with a more aggressive ramp down to the diffuser. Could all be misdirection of course but the front wing specifically looks like it may be real, or something they spent time on during development. Tons of detail in the shaping of all the elements so I doubt it was just thrown together for a testing livery reveal.

[AR3-GP]

[Darth-Piekus]

Some people claim to be the most beautiful from all cars but to me tt looks like a basic F1 2026 concept. Is it heavily edited or is it the real car?

[desl]

https://i.postimg.cc/T3TrGcgS/image.png

That nose is giving me a little bit 2014-vibes

[FittingMechanics]

It's probably a mix of an early design they created with certain parts replaced with basic parts (like bargeboard/floor).

[bauc]

https://i.postimg.cc/T3TrGcgS/image.png

That nose is giving me a little bit 2014-vibes

My thoughts exactly

[CjC]

Ok. So the triple element rear wings have passed me by till today until I looked at the Mclaren.

Also- according to the render, the floor deflectors curve out significantly. Is this just unique to the Mclaren?

[MrGapes]

https://i.postimg.cc/T3TrGcgS/image.png
https://i.postimg.cc/9QfrJgGC/image.png

where did you get the bottom angle from?