McLaren MP4-28 Mercedes

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Barcelona (Test 3, Session 2) - Day 2 (01.03.2013)

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McLaren running unmarked tyres at around 15.15 GMT?
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Mclaren are running a slightly different front wing atm. The lump on the main plane under the verticle flow conditioner has gone.

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McG wrote:McLaren running unmarked tyres at around 15.15 GMT?
Paul Hembery said on Twitter that the unmarked ones are prototype tyres.
"...and there, very much in flames, is Jacques Laffite's Ligier. That's obviously a turbo blaze, and of course, Laffite will be able to see that conflagration in his mirrors... he is coolly parking the car somewhere safe." Murray Walker, San Marino 1985

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stefan_ wrote:
McG wrote:McLaren running unmarked tyres at around 15.15 GMT?
Paul Hembery said on Twitter that the unmarked ones are prototype tyres.
Thanks. I'll need to follow him. I don't really use my twitter :roll:

Looked cool to have just blank tyres!
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The diffuser looks very simple! Will we see a different one at the weekend?
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Coefficient wrote:The diffuser looks very simple! Will we see a different one at the weekend?
Argh!

When will you lot learn... Simple does not equate to ineffective. In fact, it often equates to very effective!

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beelsebob wrote:
Coefficient wrote:The diffuser looks very simple! Will we see a different one at the weekend?
Argh!

When will you lot learn... Simple does not equate to ineffective. In fact, it often equates to very effective!
Then Marussia will win everything this year :P
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McG wrote:Then Marussia will win everything this year :P
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RicerDude wrote:Mclaren are running a slightly different front wing atm. The lump on the main plane under the verticle flow conditioner has gone.
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mclaren is going to switch to a more ferrari front wing style

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beelsebob wrote:When will you lot learn... Simple does not equate to ineffective. In fact, it often equates to very effective!
Not there. There simply isn't the aerodynamic development going on you see on other cars in that area.

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munudeges wrote:
beelsebob wrote:When will you lot learn... Simple does not equate to ineffective. In fact, it often equates to very effective!
Not there. There simply isn't the aerodynamic development going on you see on other cars in that area.
And other cars may need more complex, less simple approaches because they have less clear air, or less well organised air, and need to do more work to sort it out.

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McG wrote:McLaren running unmarked tyres at around 15.15 GMT?
All unmarked tyres at the test are "Medium" compound, Paul said it on SSF1.
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McLaren doesn't seam to be introducing too many updates so far. What do you guys think? Are they struggling like the drivers suggest to get the setups correctly?
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