Well, the sidepods does look more sculpted,and check out the stunning wing mirrors.....still the same??
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Designer: Adrian Newey, Mike Coughlan, Neil Oatley
Drivers: Kimi Raikkonen (9), Juan Pablo Montoya / Pedro De La Rosa / Alex Wurz (10)
I don't think you can say that the mp4-20 is conservative compared to other 2005 cars or any other car so far.DaveKillens wrote:"I fear mcLaren may have opted for conservativism at the wrong time again."
I think you are correct, but then again, McLaren got burned big time in the last two years by taking huge risks. Meanwhile, Ferrari has been doing the evolution game, never making a radical departure from a formula that works. Of course, eventually, the Ferrari design will become obsolete. Heck, even the 356 had to give way to the 911.... evolution
I didn't notice that about the lower "keeled" attachment point. Its pretty damned hard to make anything out in those photos. Drop a plumb line down, though and its pretty obvious that space is empty.It still is a twin keeler. As you indicate, the pick-up points are higher. I believe this is why the strut we used to see between the two keels are now absent (improved stiffness).
Hmm... perhaps this helps explain why Schumacher got himself easily overtaken by Raikkonen and Montoya at Spa2004?Spencifer_Murphy wrote:Yeah Rory Byrne was questioned about the mirrors on the F2004...he said that they had known about the best place to put the mirrors (that is where he put them on the F2004) but that it took a long time to solve visibility issues with the drivers...as in it took time to convince the drivers it would pay off lol.
And maybe it explains why Barichello turned into the Apex even though Takuma Sato was ALREADY there in the European Grand Prix. Rubens called Taku's move "Amateur", but I saw Michael pull a similiar move on someone else and everyone said "Wow, what move by Michael". I felt Rubens was to blame for that shunt, because he probably didn't even know Taku was there because of the poor positioning of the mirrors!Anonymous wrote:Hmm... perhaps this helps explain why Schumacher got himself easily overtaken by Raikkonen and Montoya at Spa2004?Spencifer_Murphy wrote:Yeah Rory Byrne was questioned about the mirrors on the F2004...he said that they had known about the best place to put the mirrors (that is where he put them on the F2004) but that it took a long time to solve visibility issues with the drivers...as in it took time to convince the drivers it would pay off lol.