Mclaren MP4-30 Honda

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This is the official Mclaren car topic. Any discussion about the technical aspects of the car belong here.

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I'm repeating again: only technical discussion about the physical aspects of the car is allowed! Thing like livery talk goes here: http://www.f1technical.net/forum/viewto ... =1&t=21323
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long nose
tight packaging
old fw (expect some changes until Melbourne)

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Woow where is the engine space. Amazing how tight spacing is at the back. :o

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Interesting front suspension. Never seen that shape before.

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@MrMocks: You mean the old new front wing? This is the one revealed late last year that everyone said looked like the red bull wing? -no?

Is the rear butterfly suspension still there? - please be gone
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McMrocks wrote:long nose
tight packaging
old fw (expect some changes until Melbourne)
It's the Abu Dhabi wing, with some very tiny alterations.

Very sculpted wing pylons, in the line of the williams philosophy.

Very tight coke bottle. Definitely inspired by red bull.
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Look at the floor at the front of rear wheels. Never seen this kind of shape(cutted like that)

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...and the sidepod openings are so small. So there's no heat problems after all! :o

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Check out the rear floor cut outs, that's very Red Bull-esque and quite different to other cutouts that we've seen in the past...curved and sculpted similar to the roundness of a tire.
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turbof1 wrote:
McMrocks wrote:long nose
tight packaging
old fw (expect some changes until Melbourne)
It's the Abu Dhabi wing, with some very tiny alterations.

Very sculpted wing pylons, in the line of the williams philosophy.

Very tight coke bottle. Definitely inspired by red bull.
I'd say it is the Abu Dhabi wing 1:1. alterations yet to come

edit: will be intersting to see how the wheelbase changed. the huge visible floor space make it look very long
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Looks like the rear suspension blockers are still there but only on the lower element, . Top wishbone looks to be as a standard layout.

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