Mclaren MCL40

[SilviuAgo]

The crease in the leading edge of the vertical floorboard. Then behind the new slatted floor teeth set up

source:alamy

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And another great visual breakdown of the McLaren floor updates introduced at the BritishGP:

[pronopheus]

Didn't they run the macarena wing?

[SilviuAgo]

Didn't they run the macarena wink?

Noup. They decided to postpone the test until next race where the schedule is to use entire FP1 to back to back comparison vs actual solution. Belgium will be a great opportunity cause the track layout, vs Hungaroring where the Macarena solution is not adding same impact.

[SilviuAgo]

McLaren’s latest update at the BritishGP, at first glance, it seems has simply copied Ferrari by horizontally splitting the floorboard inlet. In reality, the change goes further.



McLaren has completely removed the upper "teeth", leaving the upper section entirely open. The remaining teeth (highlighted below in yellow) are also much longer than Ferrari’s.
On the SF26, the floorboard’s main leading edge (in blue) is thicker, which naturally shortens the teeth.


The intermediate divider (highlighted in green) works like a slat on an aircraft wing, as explained by Scarbs.

[SilviuAgo]

More photos from Xavi and Albert to this upgraded part of MCL40:

[SilviuAgo]

Didn't they run the macarena wing?

Found this if helps: McLaren had a distinct rear wing between FP1 and Sprint Qualifying.
Differences in the straight-mode activator and in the endplate:

[SilviuAgo]

Tks tu Nicholas Carpentiers here's a labelled look inside the MCL40 and the key components that make it all (not always ) work.

[Brahmal]

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/arti ... PNQWFrFbDZ

[f1rules]

There is someone on twitter mentioning that the mcl rw will be special, with a different solution to others. I dont know how valid the info is

[f1rules]

cant spot anything yet, and so far no upside down.
https://x.com/MateuszMrz8/status/207771 ... 56772?s=20

[PlatinumZealot]

MCL40 rear suspension (Bracelona pics tks to Xavi)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HMJYdMgXEAA ... name=large

Taking the Barcelona photo, Craig made a comment regarding the nice view of the top 'wishbone' on the Mclaren, underline the use of a multilink setup. So there are two separate top arms, which will affect both geometry and aerodynamics.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HMOKdQMW4AA ... name=large

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HMOKdQMW8AA ... name=large

The joints are very close to each other. So it's not giving much benefits of multi-link. More giving benefits to aero and strength.

Recal the track rod is already about half way up the upright so that is guding the wheel toe-wise as it moves up and down. Then you have usual sweep in camber (length of top and bottom arms), but for more nuanced movement lets say some weird curve of camber and toe and caster you want your miltilink arm a bit farther apart than that to really reap those benefits.

Gonna be a search to find a more pronounced example though.

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cant spot anything yet, and so far no upside down.
https://x.com/MateuszMrz8/status/207771 ... 56772?s=20

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HNWFP98WcAA ... name=large

Norris has the new wing. Chord is significantly shorter on the 3rd element. You can see it because the OKX logos are cut off more on the Norris wing. The other elements are adapted to it. I think it is the goal to achieve more efficiency in the corner mode.

[AR3-GP]

The first Macarena sighting. It's Ferrari style (alleged). Images are from and annotated by @carpentiers_f1

[venkyhere]

The first Macarena sighting. It's Ferrari style. Images are from and annotated by @carpentiers_f1

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HNXNCrfXwAA ... name=large

the 'spa macarena' pic suggests the implementation is Redbull style, where hinge is at the absolute top.