McLaren MCL35M

[jjn9128]

It's impact is small enough it's not really worth rushing anything on your car when you've already got your very sensitive diffusers signed off - it might be something you evaluate if you have plans to iterate on the diffuser anyway, and haven't signed the new ones over to manufacturing yet, but it's no silver bullet.

You can bet this has been on every teams CFD program from the first photograph of it - that is unless they'd already tried it and decided it offered no meaningful benefit.

[Xero]

It's impact is small enough it's not really worth rushing anything on your car when you've already got your very sensitive diffusers signed off - it might be something you evaluate if you have plans to iterate on the diffuser anyway, and haven't signed the new ones over to manufacturing yet, but it's no silver bullet.

You can bet this has been on every teams CFD program from the first photograph of it - that is unless they'd already tried it and decided it offered no meaningful benefit.

I agree with you both, diffuser performance would be sensitive to such changes. Would be a risk to add it without accompanying tweaks further upstream. Some teams like Haas or Williams may have a go and try their luck on it, could potentially fluke compatibility on their existing package.

[_cerber1]

Anybody have a clear picture of the area below the Brake Duct ??

[mclaren111]

Anybody have a clear picture of the area below the Brake Duct ??

https://ibb.co/0D8Pkwm

https://ibb.co/rZ78cLd

Thank You Kindly Sir...

Quite different from last year...

[_cerber1]

Excellent article
https://www.racefans.net/2021/03/24/an- ... a-renault/

[aerofoilf1]

Front brake duct comparison vs 2020



Diffuser comparison vs 2020

[_cerber1]

Albert is in the paddock, so there will be photos.

[_cerber1]

[f1rules]

on amus

[f1rules]

and from the end of testing at the end of the day, on Dans longrun, they added flowvis, havent been able to find pics of it, so had to see the test video again, when onboard on the longrun on C2, damm, that mclaren looked planted
well heres the diffuser pics, beautiful how the flow from beneath expands and forms a perfect triangle,

[jjn9128]

and from the end of testing at the end of the day, on Dans longrun, they added flowvis, havent been able to find pics of it, so had to see the test video again, when onboard on the longrun on C2, damm, that mclaren looked planted
well heres the diffuser pics, beautiful how the flow from beneath expands and forms a perfect triangle,
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ExPg7ywWUAY ... ame=medium

Looks like that's leakage through the starter hole... which is supposed to be imperviously covered.

[trinidefender]

and from the end of testing at the end of the day, on Dans longrun, they added flowvis, havent been able to find pics of it, so had to see the test video again, when onboard on the longrun on C2, damm, that mclaren looked planted
well heres the diffuser pics, beautiful how the flow from beneath expands and forms a perfect triangle,
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ExPg7ywWUAY ... ame=medium

Looks like that's leakage through the starter hole... which is supposed to be imperviously covered.

If there is leakage (disregarding legality) is that a good thing or a bad thing. I remember when there was an opening for starter holes it seemed like teams were trying to route airflow through it.

[SmallSoldier]

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[Macklaren]

https://twitter.com/AlbertFabrega/statu ... 95522?s=09

Interesting that many teams have been sloppy/don't care about showing their engine installs this season.

will be cool to compare to Merc and AMR

[NiyolHuayra]

F1 banned the use of panels that the teams used to hide their cars, if I am now wrong