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[Morteza]

[beelsebob]

That's the exhaust, no?

To me it looks too small to be the (only?) exhaust exit. I wonder if they've found a loose rule interpretation that's letting them put an exit somewhere else.

[Crucial_Xtreme]

Would anybody like to speculate about this bump and whether it's the exhaust outlet?

Yes the exhaust exits there but closer to the car not the outer edge. I'm sure it will be moved and I'm sure the car that races in Melbourne will look different than the one we saw today.

[Huntresa]

The side pods back angle looks very steep or is that the paint creating an illusion

[thestig84]

Well it looks like my person got the intakes right again and nose being similar. Also see why he didnt have too much else to say...looks similar but very nice. Good job Mclaren

Don't quite see the aggressive design philosophy hinted at or areas that will raise questions around legality. Maybe that is to be played out during testing next week.

It looks nice, but....?

sAx

Everything I heard pointed at conservative evolution but people like to get carried away. If your referring to the removed autosport aggressive design/legality story I think that was a dudd quote and should be ignored.

[jamesalexw]

Rear wing has painted silver stripes, I'd expect some development around that area similar to last years vents.

Would be very surprised if the car looks anything like this at Australia and Mr Whitmarsh has just said that very thing on the Q&A live stream.....

[beelsebob]

They can't be the exhausts, they break this rule:

The entire circumference of the exit should lie on a single plane normal to the tailpipe axis and be located at the rearmost extremity of the last 100mm of the tailpipe.

(part of 5.8.3)

[raymondu999]

[RB7ate9]

It appears to have a small access panel just above the rear upper wishbone. It looks like an alternative exhaust position.

[myoozikk]

[painkiller]

what else than the exhaust??!

[Intego]

Seems that they have adopted the RB-style elliptic sidepod shape near the floor – the secret that Ringo just revealed =D>

[Gridlock]

They can't be the exhausts, they break this rule:

The entire circumference of the exit should lie on a single plane normal to the tailpipe axis and be located at the rearmost extremity of the last 100mm of the tailpipe.

(part of 5.8.3)

Does "normal" mean perpendicular then? Because I don't see how they do unless it does - I take it to mean the exit must have one face only, no shaping.

And what's this?

[italian]

The strut of the front-suspension and the suspension arms of the lower triangle are higher. New configuration for the rims of the wheels too.

[beelsebob]

The rear suspension wishbones there looks like they have really tiny travel, even for an F1 car. TBH, I'm growing increasingly convinced we've been sold a dummy here.