McLaren MCL33

[Thunder]

This is the McLaren MCL33 offical car thread.

Please discuss ONLY technical items of this car, and refrain from speculation.

General discussion about the team, its drivers and performance can be posted in the team thread.

Livery Talk also belongs in the Team Thread. forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=26883

[Thunder]

And we're open for business.

Remember NO Livery Discussion here.

[Morteza]

[cliffgamerz]

its launched

[Thunder]

That's some big slots in the Floor. Otherwise, as expected, more or less a refined MCL 32.

[SimonFW11b]

I guess all the work is under the skin, as that sure is under-whelming

[Squid]

That roll hoop intake is tiny. Judging by what everyone else did, surely it's not the final spec?

[Holm86]

Looks like a stegosaurus on top of the sidepods with all those turning vanes
And that's the longest floor slits I've ever seen

[cliffgamerz]

No online live streaming this time just released the video and pics

[mclaren111]

Very basic Launch model only

[ChrisM40]

That floor though!

Launch spec barge boards surely, compared to most they are embryonic.

[KingLoe]

Lots of fins on the sidepods and serious undercut

[the EDGE]

How have they got away with the slits in the floor, I can’t see and cuts to the edge that would make it a continuos line

[GPR-A duplicate2]

Too many details have been edited out in the pictures of the car through Photoshop?

[BosF1]

The sidepods have a huge undercut but seem rather wide at the top, especially compared to other Renault-customer Red Bull. However some people posted on the forum that Renault it self and McLaren might have gone a bit more conservative with the engine cooling and indeed it looks to be that way.

The front wing is more or less the latest iteration of de MCL32 front wing. The barge board area also seems quite similar to the latest iterations. I guess they want mileage at testing (very understandable) and will bolt on the new bits in the second week of testing.