Mclaren MP4-30 Honda

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dren wrote:
turbof1 wrote:Notice btw the car is missing brake ducts. I'm looking forward to what they are hiding.
The rear ducts are there.
Yes sorry, should have been more clear on that. Front Ducts are definitely not shown though.
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do we think they succeed in keeping the mushrooms and incapsuling the drivetrain at the same time, difficult to see with all this black

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From the top down view and adjusting the contrast, it looks like the air brake susupension members are all gone.
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Where is the engine? Where is it? Where? WHERE?

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No doubt they will have some different cooling solution's ready to put on the car if needed! Plus sure she hiding some secret's that the other team's will uncover at first test?
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SectorOne wrote:By far the best looking Mclaren of the modern era. You can really tell what sort of impact Peter has had on the whole car.
Interesting looking winglet here as well.

http://i.imgur.com/J2sk8hj.jpg
Like Williams FW37, the sidepods shrunk to the point that the crash structure sticks out of the top of it where the turning vane connects.

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turbof1 wrote:Lightened image of the back end:
https://twitter.com/piusgasso/status/560775091966181376
Thanks for the pic. I can't tell if the drive shaft is encapsulated or not. The reflections look like it's not, but I think that might be the light playing tricks with me.
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I find it very similar to RB 10

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I hope there is no Spygate case with Prodromou :lol:
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The nose looks like the one we saw on the Marussia's 2015 wind tunnel model. I think it is very conservative

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I'm a bit surprised to see such a long nose as I think it will distract the airflow to the front wing and especially the Y-250-vortices. When comparing to the Williams nose the FW pillars seem to have approximately the same height, so no advances here. But the Mclaren nose looks very very thin to get much air under the car. Maybe they didn't manage to get the crash structure done with a shorter approach and we will see a shortening of the nose later this season.
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Like someone said before, i really do believe this isn't the Final Nose. But if it is i can very well Live with it.

The Floor in Front of the rear Wheels looks like from a Spaceship, VERY Interesting. And the more i look at theses Sidepods the more i doubt there is a bomplete Drivetrain hidden in there. :o

Edit: The Pictures below show they have adapted the Vertival End Plate Slots under the Main Plane Rear Wing that RB and Ferrari ran at Times last Season. There is PP written all over that Car. 8)
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The rear crash structure looks particularly long. If this must come out to a standard distance could this show that the car may have a short wheelbase?

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Sidepods/coke bottle area comparation of PP's work.

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