McLaren MCL36

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brake ducts doesnt look bigger so does seem it was some internal parts problem
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Some gills opened up on the car this morning, though not much bigger or different than previous years it looks like

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AeroDynamic wrote:
11 Mar 2022, 15:13
FlowViz on the McLaren floor, is that a new floor with waves??

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@Andreas Haupt #AMuS
#F1: looks like McLaren has 2 ducts in the t-tray. #AMuS, #F1Testing, #BahrainTesting
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I don’t know where he gets 2 ducts from that photo. There’s a shot of the floor of the car from the other day that strongly suggests there are no ducts and all the air is channeled around the side pods.
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exactly, dont understand they keep mentioning this, also the guy on f1 tv
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f1tv guy, Sam, finally found out now :-) and mentioned
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Yeah Sky saying new leading edge of floor today... Sounds like they were told by McLaren so not a random guess

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That does look more like the Merc A floor.

Regarding the brake ducts.. Is it possible that with small piped duct exits that the sheer amount of brake dust could clog or retard the ducts ability to extract air and thus cause overheating?

Do we know where this air is ducted to?
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mwillems wrote:
12 Mar 2022, 11:26
That does look more like the Merc A floor.

Regarding the brake ducts.. Is it possible that with small piped duct exits that the sheer amount of brake dust could clog or retard the ducts ability to extract air and thus cause overheating?

Do we know where this air is ducted to?
Cant answer on the brakes but I would debate that the floor looks like the launch spec Merc floor, that had waves built into the full edge of the floor whereas this was an overarching upward opening which they have put in 3 "sticky down bits" to borrow from sam collins.

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Sky F1 are also commenting on the fragility of the cars and the likelihood that they will need to avoid aggressive corners due to the low and stiff setup.
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It just occurred to me, that except for Merc with zero sidepods and Williams with their weird small sidepods, Mclaren is the only car without big undercut, isn't it?
Will be interesting to see if this concept works and the development during this season.

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Seerix wrote:
12 Mar 2022, 11:53
It just occurred to me, that except for Merc with zero sidepods and Williams with their weird small sidepods, Mclaren is the only car without big undercut, isn't it?
Will be interesting to see if this concept works and the development during this season.
Ferrari and haas?

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charliesmithhd wrote:
12 Mar 2022, 12:05
Seerix wrote:
12 Mar 2022, 11:53
It just occurred to me, that except for Merc with zero sidepods and Williams with their weird small sidepods, Mclaren is the only car without big undercut, isn't it?
Will be interesting to see if this concept works and the development during this season.
Ferrari and haas?
Yeah you are right, I have not seen a lot of haas coverage. Them and Ferrari look similar in concept.
I was thinking more in terms of which car would be the most similar to MCL36?