Mc Laren MP4/23 aero-mech development in 2008

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FRONT WING SPAIN - PART B
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Another little difference is the wing rear edge (No 5) which is less curvy than Bahrain . Also the upper bridged profile has a small cut near the endplates (No 6)
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FRONT WING - TURKEY
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Similar to Spain
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SIDEPOD INLETS
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Mc Laren revised also the sidepod inlets before the Australian GP ,


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The bottom edge of the sidepod's air inlets are much higher than before so as to provide the radiators with cleaner airflow and reduce the effect of turbulence generated by the front axle and suspension.


PS: I want to thanks scarbs who first noticed it
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bar555 wrote:The bottom edge of the sidepod's air inlets are much higher than before....
Surprisingly they follow the same path as last year with this development of sidepods. I wonder why did they lowered (again) the inlet for early 2008 in the first place.
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FRONT BRAKES - TURKEY
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The brake disc and duct were removed from the system
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new T-wings
looks like the reault ones
http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/photolarge.ph ... =1102-3075
http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/photolarge.ph ... =1102-3075
anyone has a better shot of that??

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ENGINE - TURKEY
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The Mercedes engine is covered by extended thin gold foils , to reduce heat problems . This maybe the reason for using limited cooling shark gills (or any at all ) compared to Ferrari
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bar555 wrote:ENGINE - TURKEY
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The Mercedes engine is covered by extended thin gold foils , to reduce heat problems . This maybe the reason for using limited cooling shark gills (or any at all ) compared to Ferrari
You sure that isn't just the Monaco bling? :p
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The engine image comes from Turkish GP .


FRONT BRAKES - MALAYSIA
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FRONT BRAKES - SPAIN
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REAR WING - BAHRAIN
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Similar to Malaysia



REAR WING - SPAIN
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REAR WING - TURKEY
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CHIMNEYS - AUSTRALIA
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CHIMNEYS - MALAYSIA
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CHIMNEYS - BAHRAIN
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CHIMNEYS SPAIN
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Hey there Bar555! I love your posts regarding technical development by different teams. By the way, do you have any idea why teams, specifically Mclaren cover their sidepod chimneys? Is there an advantage doing so? AFAIK, F1 engines need all the ventilation they can get for more reliability. Please enlighten me. Thanks so much! :D

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The more cooling outlets the car has the more drag it creates, this slows the car in a straight-line. Thus the teams carefully balance cooling with drag, sometimes they get it wrong on one side or the other.
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Oh... So that's why. Thanks for clearing that one for me scarbs :)