McLaren MCL34

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The one in the top picture says, "pit stop practice drum only."

f1rules
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ah ok, damm, well spotted by the way

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Confirmation of our top speeds...

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humble sabot
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The discrepancies between the speed trap and finish line speeds are interesting.
The distance from the chicane to the line isn't super far and I assume the speed trap is on the main straight?
the four immutable forces:
static balance
dynamic balance
static imbalance
dynamic imbalance

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Sharnlarry
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Looks like Mclaren have copied Mercedes’ push rod device.Should help with the understeer issues.

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They've had it since winter testing.
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Sharnlarry
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No they haven’t. You can see from the pic in the link
https://en.wheelsage.org/mclaren/formul ... es/toebdi/

Sharnlarry
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No they haven’t. Look at pre season pictures

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Ashwinv16
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Sharnlarry wrote:
19 Jun 2019, 18:09
Looks like Mclaren have copied Mercedes’ push rod device.Should help with the understeer issues.
I see what you mean
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Sharnlarry wrote:
19 Jun 2019, 19:39
No they haven’t. Look at pre season pictures
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Looks like offset wishbones to me.
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But it looks like a new element.

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_cerber1 wrote:
19 Jun 2019, 20:39
But it looks like a new element.

https://radikal.ru

https://radikal.ru
That's the steering arm.
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godlameroso wrote:
19 Jun 2019, 21:12
That's the steering arm.

But in Canada, he looked different.
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