McLaren MCL35

[M840TR]

What's with the fins on the roll-hoop camera?

??

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https://i.imgur.com/gOY3Flx.png

They were from the very beginning, look at the first photos in this thread.

[diffuser]

Redesigning the whole rear end including the transmission. The car was a reliability nightmare in 2015, then again in 2017, then again in 2018. When they realized how far back they were in 2018 they abandoned it for a 2019 head start. 2020 is a continuation of that head start. They've kept pace with Renault's development and the rest of the midfield, despite being one step behind on fuel and lubricants.

Granted McLaren has some experience with split turbo setup, but the time they spend fitting the new Merc engine and build a transmission and rear end around it takes up time and resources. Resources that can be spent on aero.

In your opinion, do you think the new aero rules being pushed back to 2022 is beneficial for McLaren? In this instance, the resources spent on accommodating the new engine would have ordinarily taken away from the new aero rules. Now, all the development to accommodate the Mercedes engine is only really impacting the 2021 car, and therefore during 2021 McLaren can allocate more resources on the new aero rules and less on accommodating the engine.

I think it's a possitive. They'll have a whole year of data collected on the Merc PU. It will help with 2022 and building the cooling. Think one of the biggest differences will be the weight distribusion. The Merc PU sits a little further back cause of the split turbo. I don't think the transmission is any different or the Suspension. The drives shaft or what ever you call what connects the Transmission to the PU might be shorter but everything ewlse is the same (mandated by the regulations).

[Ground Effect]

Good to hear there’ll be new bits on the car in Austria, according to Ted Kravitz

[cbbcisace]

Good to hear there’ll be new bits on the car in Austria, according to Ted Kravitz

Zac confirmed the team will have some new ‘toys’ to play with in Austria, so I guess they confirms new parts.

[mclaren111]

How is all this related to the car ??

Should be on Team tread...

[SmallSoldier]

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[Thunder]

I moved a whole bunch of Posts to the Team Thread. Please keep it about the hardware of the Car in here.

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[mclaren111]

Nice view...

[Emag]

It's views like the one posted above that emphasize how much tighter the bodywork has gotten, particularly in the "pre-diffusor" area at the end. The 2019 car looks so conservative in comparison.

[M840TR]

It's views like the one posted above that emphasize how much tighter the bodywork has gotten, particularly in the "pre-diffusor" area at the end. The 2019 car looks so conservative in comparison.

Yeah the area above the diffuser has been a focal point of the new packaging. It's not necessarily the tightest one but it sure is where it matters.

[M840TR]

With an early and extended shutdown period for all teams, there hasn’t been too much time to develop cars further, but everyone’s been working hard since their return. And while you still shouldn’t expect wholesale changes to the MCL35, it will feature a number of tweaks – some of which we tested in the second week at Barcelona and were intended to be used in Australia – including a new floor, diffuser and front brake ducts.

https://www.mclaren.com/racing/2020/aus ... w-austria/

[McFAN]

From The-race.com interview with Andreas Seidl.

Seidl confirmed that McLaren will introduce upgrades at this weekend’s season-opening Austrian Grand Prix.

He stressed that the reaction to the financial impact of COVID-19 has not had an impact on McLaren’s capacity to develop its car and introduce upgrades – a programme that will start in Austria this weekend.

This is despite the added distraction of being the only team to have to modify its car to fit a different engine next year when it switches from Renault to Mercedes.

“The financial challenges we were in and the measures we put in place quite early on, in parallel with the shutdown, didn’t really affect output for this year or next year,” said Seidl. “So, we are on course with the plan we have set out over winter.

“We are planning to bring updates regularly from Austria onwards, on the car, and at the same time we are flat out working on getting next year’s ready with the biggest topic being the integration of the Mercedes power unit.”

Here is the full article.
https://the-race.com/formula-1/mclaren- ... ing-boost/

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