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[raymondu999]

It's a tough call. Develop something that you know will only last for a few more months? Mind you in 2010 McLaren brought an update to the F-duct at Abu Dhabi, so... never say never

[mx_tifoso]

Recent posts about the teams chances for the championship have been moved to the team thread

[n smikle]

They will be bringing "special" updates to ensure Hamilton victory for his 200th GP.

All I know is that the emphasis is on "special" So prepare to see something "special"

[raymondu999]

They will be bringing "special" updates to ensure Hamilton victory for his 200th GP.

When did he sprout another 100? Did he inherit them somewhere?

[Huntresa]

They will be bringing "special" updates to ensure Hamilton victory for his 200th GP.

When did he sprout another 100? Did he inherit them somewhere?

Barrichello gave him some

[Owen.C93]

They will be bringing "special" updates to ensure Hamilton victory for his 200th GP.

All I know is that the emphasis is on "special" So prepare to see something "special"

I thought you knew high nose was coming?

[bonjon1979]

It's got to be something significant - they've not really been aerodynamically upgrading the car for the last four races. I think the last thing we saw appear was the 'eyebrow' fins on the front of the sidepod. I always thought that this was because they were putting all their efforts into something quite different and major which would render any aero tweaks obsolete. Wouldn't be surprised if there's some clever DRS interpretation as well.

[wesley123]

They will be bringing "special" updates to ensure Hamilton victory for his 200th GP.

All I know is that the emphasis is on "special" So prepare to see something "special"

I thought you knew high nose was coming?

It's probably delayed again

[f1316]

They will be bringing "special" updates to ensure Hamilton victory for his 200th GP.

All I know is that the emphasis is on "special" So prepare to see something "special"

"McLaren have new sidepods that are "quite different" for German GP this weekend, team boss Martin Whitmarsh says @andrewbensonf1 18 minutes ago"

Scarbs has been talking about the possibility of Lotus and McLaren having sidepods with tunnels, much like an inverted U-Pod, with the gap at the bottom. It's just speculation, but sounds very interesting if true.

[CjC]

They will be bringing "special" updates to ensure Hamilton victory for his 200th GP.

When did he sprout another 100? Did he inherit them somewhere?

No he's right... Mclaren will be bring the stepped nose/ raised chassis in another 100 races...

[CjC]

They will be bringing "special" updates to ensure Hamilton victory for his 200th GP.

All I know is that the emphasis is on "special" So prepare to see something "special"

"McLaren have new sidepods that are "quite different" for German GP this weekend, team boss Martin Whitmarsh says @andrewbensonf1 18 minutes ago"

Scarbs has been talking about the possibility of Lotus and McLaren having sidepods with tunnels, much like an inverted U-Pod, with the gap at the bottom. It's just speculation, but sounds very interesting if true.

If mclaren and lotus bring a similar update that gives them both a similar amount of laptime and remarkably jumps them into the lead, then lotus will b winning the races...

[astracrazy]

so they could be more or less going with Toro Rosso style sidepods in terms of the undercut?

[Coefficient]

so they could be more or less going with Toro Rosso style sidepods in terms of the undercut?

No, I think they are talking about something similar to last years U-Pods but upside down so that there is a sealed tunnel at the bottom of the sidepod.

[gray41]

Its clearly just going to be another refinement, perhaps different cascades on the FW inline with side pod differences maybe splitting the floor at the front to control the airflow under the car better?

[PhillipM]

Its clearly just going to be another refinement, perhaps different cascades on the FW inline with side pod differences maybe splitting the floor at the front to control the airflow under the car better?

Well, McLaren themselves are saying it's a big visual change to the sidepods, so....