Sergej wrote: ↑09 May 2025, 12:37
Emag wrote: ↑09 May 2025, 12:15
pantherxxx wrote: ↑09 May 2025, 11:51
Apparently Red Bull is already close to implement their own brake cooling solution, based on the MCL39.
"Therefore, it is no coincidence that all three top teams are working hard in this area to bring very short and short-term improvements. As we have already had the opportunity to report,
they are working at Milton Keynes to try to replicate what McLaren think they can do, with sensitive components that could be on the track in the next races, even if Verstappen was very vague about it in Miami. "
Source:
https://autoracer.it/it/mclaren-segreto ... eni-rivali
This is a little bit of a bad translation, as "what McLaren think they can do" makes no sense. Now, my Italian is not amazing, but I can understand a little. I looked into the original text and I think a more appropriate translation would be something along the lines of : "what they think McLaren is doing".
So they have tried to reverse engineer it and have a good idea on what the solution could be, even if they might not know exactly how it works.
yeah the sense is that Red Bull have an idea of what McLaren are doing and they're trying to replicate it.
I agree that was a bad translation. I used Claude 3.7 to translate the article for me, and this seems much better translated:
In short, not only in terms of aeroelasticity but also in the area of wheel corners, more precisely inside the brake ducts,
McLaren makes an important difference compared to all other teams, thanks to very advanced technical solutions designed by the team directed by Rob Marshall, a former prominent Red Bull engineer. The brake ducts that we usually see covering the entire braking system have a standard design on the outside, but beneath it, teams have a lot of freedom in design and often search for important aerodynamic gains and especially cooling, although for this season McLaren has significantly raised the technical bar in that macro area as well. It's therefore no coincidence that all three top teams are working extensively in that area to bring developments in the very short and short term.
At Milton Keynes specifically, as we've already reported, they are working on trying to replicate what they believe McLaren might be doing, with sensitive parts that could already see the track in one of the upcoming races, although Verstappen was very vague about it in Miami