McLaren MCL33

[makecry]

Not sure if this was posted!!

[mclaren111]

The FW looks different - the ends / tips closest to the nose ??

[Thunder]

Looks like the Low Drag Version they used at the End of Last Year.

[bauc]

Looks like the Low Drag Version they used at the End of Last Year.

Yes it looks like it, maybe the reason there is still no S duct present, as we know that the S duct is creating drag

[shady]

Though there looks to be an intake for the S Duct under the nose... which is odd.

[adrianjordan]

It’s my understanding that the roll hoop is an integral part of the tub. Making that larger is a massive job, literally back to the drawing board and no way that gets done before Australia. Does anyone have any images of ‘naked’ tubs so we can see if this is true?

I thought some teams have the roll hoop inside the airbox intake??

No, it’s part of the monocoque structure

http://www.formula1-dictionary.net/chassis.html

Yes, but I thought some teams, Mercedes in particular springs to mind, have the rollhoop part of the monocoque inside the fairings that form the airbox intake. You can see the narrower rollhoop visible when you look into the airbox opening.

[Morteza]

Via AMuS


Via @F1debrief

[ScrewCaptain27]

Extra air intake:

Via AMuS

[cliffgamerz]

Extra air intake:
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201803 ... b6cea5.jpg
Via AMuS

That's there since yesterday, with total of 5 holes on each side.

[Avocado]

Will they test any new parts tomorrow?

Edit:

Vandoorne:

“Obviously there’s a few areas we have to work on, our car in Melbourne will be quite different, there will be a lot of updates coming.

“Everything we learned here we need to carry forward, learn about it, and the car or package we have in Melbourne will be quite different so we’ll have to try and understand that there.”

[djones]

And yet another failure this morning

I hope the road car part of McLaren is a different company, as I can see the F1 team getting in some financial trouble if this carry's on.

[bonjon1979]

I thought some teams have the roll hoop inside the airbox intake??

No, it’s part of the monocoque structure

http://www.formula1-dictionary.net/chassis.html

Yes, but I thought some teams, Mercedes in particular springs to mind, have the rollhoop part of the monocoque inside the fairings that form the airbox intake. You can see the narrower rollhoop visible when you look into the airbox opening.

i'm not sure what you mean. The shape and size of the air intake is defined by the structural airbox shape that is part of the monocoque. You can't make that bigger without changing the monocoque. Anyway, who knows if it's even part of the issue!

[Coefficient]

Come back Martin Whitmarsh, all is forgiven!

[Dipesh1995]

Its a turbo failure according to AMuS. Since the Renault engine's turbo is at the back of the engine, (in the region of where the burn marks are?), could this be related to their overheating issues?

[Morteza]

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