McLaren MCL34

[Ground Effect]

I'm keen to see what they can come up with in regards to the front wing, can they come up with something clever or innovative? Andy Green of RP had said there's very little wiggle room with the front wings, cause the new rules more or less closed up a lot of potential loopholes. He said the bargeboards is a treasure trove though. So hopefully McLaren will continue to develop that as well.

[bm150]

I went on the hunt see if I could find anything about new parts this GP since someone asked and I haven't spoken to a few of the lads for a while - heard nothing bar the above, although in the process it got mentioned that a new floor is being pushed forwards for Spain as they're running on the last spares of the originals now anyway - and they were already tooling up.
No details on what's changed though unless someone else has better contacts to do some digging.

Where do you get your Intel from?

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[M840TR]

I'm keen to see what they can come up with in regards to the front wing, can they come up with something clever or innovative? Andy Green of RP had said there's very little wiggle room with the front wings, cause the new rules more or less closed up a lot of potential loopholes. He said the bargeboards is a treasure trove though. So hopefully McLaren will continue to develop that as well.

Nothing but minor iterations especially this early into the season.

[diffuser]

I'm keen to see what they can come up with in regards to the front wing, can they come up with something clever or innovative? Andy Green of RP had said there's very little wiggle room with the front wings, cause the new rules more or less closed up a lot of potential loopholes. He said the bargeboards is a treasure trove though. So hopefully McLaren will continue to develop that as well.

Nothing but minor iterations especially this early into the season.

They can do like merc and widen the top front wing piece that is directly in front of the front tire.
An over simplification. If only it was that easy

[zibby43]

https://twitter.com/AlbertFabrega/statu ... 2838506497

[_cerber1]

[f1rules]

he mentions the rearwing, and they will test two it seem, but it also looks like the front brakeducts are reduced greatly in size also? or maybe it hasnt been mounted

https://twitter.com/AlbertFabrega/statu ... 2838506497

[M840TR]

he mentions the rearwing, and they will test two it seem, but it also looks like the front brakeducts are reduced greatly in size also? or maybe it hasnt been mounted

https://twitter.com/AlbertFabrega/statu ... 2838506497

Those indeed are new brake ducts. But both the rear wings are huge! They're going to get annihilated on the straights with this.

[_cerber1]

Тhose indeed are new brake ducts. But both the rear wings are huge! They're going to get annihilated on the straights with this.

Maybe they are counting on the power of the Renault engine.

[Morteza]

[M840TR]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4_GSemXkAAgINX.jpg

The bottom one has no gurney flap, lower AoA and flat edges as opposed to tapered one on the high df version. lower plane seems to be same on both the wings.

Not as low df as some others.

[M840TR]

Interesting similarity between teams in that those with a tapered FW (Mclaren, Ferrari, Alfa & Toro Rosso) have large rear wings whereas others - bar williams - have relatively much skinner ones.

[_cerber1]

https://twitter.com/AlbertFabrega/statu ... 0181753856

From this angle, the wing is very small, especially since the lower shelf lies in the horizon.

[mclaren111]

The area between the Swan Necks look "lifted" or higher than on the old RW...

[M840TR]

The area between the Swan Necks look "lifted" or higher than on the old RW...

What on Earth is "the Swan Necks"?