McLaren MP4-27 Mercedes (pre-launch speculation)

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pocketmoon wrote:I wonder if anything will turn up here

http://www.mclaren.com/_includes/uploads/

Guessing not. Prob a whole (sub)website dedicated to the MP4-27 waiting to be pushed online rather than someone uploading some pics a few hours before

8)
OT but there are some strange/funny images on that server O_o
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I wonder how much of the car will be fake and how much real?

Front and rear wings will be last years
Diffuser will be be a mockup
Basic barge boards
Probably won't have any exhaust exits - or even an engine installed for the launch

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Owen.C93 wrote:
pocketmoon wrote:I wonder if anything will turn up here

http://www.mclaren.com/_includes/uploads/

Guessing not. Prob a whole (sub)website dedicated to the MP4-27 waiting to be pushed online rather than someone uploading some pics a few hours before

8)
OT but there are some strange/funny images on that server O_o
you're not kidding!

http://www.mclaren.com/_includes/upload ... ar_big.jpg
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JohnsonsEvilTwin wrote:Nsmikle playing funnybuggers I reckon :lol:
He'll be back supporting the fizzy drink boys again.

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Owen.C93 wrote:
pocketmoon wrote:I wonder if anything will turn up here

http://www.mclaren.com/_includes/uploads/

Guessing not. Prob a whole (sub)website dedicated to the MP4-27 waiting to be pushed online rather than someone uploading some pics a few hours before

8)
OT but there are some strange/funny images on that server O_o

Including "Lewis comes to terms with being Driver #2"

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We won't see anything apart from what the overall look of the car will be like...

MP4-26 style, without the sidepods i'm guessing

Won't see front wing, rear wing, diffuser or exhausts intill testing...

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Owen.C93 wrote:
pocketmoon wrote:I wonder if anything will turn up here

http://www.mclaren.com/_includes/uploads/

Guessing not. Prob a whole (sub)website dedicated to the MP4-27 waiting to be pushed online rather than someone uploading some pics a few hours before

8)
OT but there are some strange/funny images on that server O_o
you're not kidding!

http://www.mclaren.com/_includes/upload ... ar_big.jpg
Image

Lewis Hamilton's diet went wrong over the winter. (I know it should be in caption comp, but couldnt resist :D )

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:lol:
That would be a very very serious problem.

Yes it's the easiest way to increase downforce over the axles, but it's a bit much.
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thatnoone wrote:Image
the background image on their twitter account
Just got this from their 3D model page.

I thought this model seemed different enough for me to post it, they look more like what you would expect from RB sidepods. Maybe not.
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That does look different, but I don't think that it'll look exactly like that. If so though, theres an obviously very different nose, looks like it starts thin at the front and then kinks down and widens out, like the RB. Sidepods also look very tight like the RB. And if this is supposed to resemble actual cloth, than theres something in front of those side pods, and the roll bar starts rather far back.

Still, not sure this is actually it, but nice find!

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Want to take a close look at the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes MP4-27? We’ve recreated the car in stunning 3d detail for you to examine right here. Zoom in on details, spin it round to have a look from all angles, and even compare it to last year’s car.
That's from the page that graphic is on, and the (stop reading now, Ron!) perhaps slightly amateurish quality to the 'covering' does suggest this might be it. 3h 8m.... [-o<
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Interesting. If it is it I see Red Bull shrink-wrapped side pods. In fact the undercut pattern of some at the front, then tapering off to no undercut by the middle of the sidepod seems copied - basically they seem to have tried to recreate the Red Bull sidepod. I can't seem to get a good angle on the front wing though.
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Post-launch please use this [more formal] thread for this car: :arrow: McLaren MP4-27 Mercedes

As this speculation discussion will be then locked and forgotten, but removed from the sticky list as of this very instant. :wink:
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Why not lock the thread in 3 hours? We have 3 hours of speculation to go
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I was merely notifying everyone who reads this thread, but had not seen the new one that was recently created.
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