McLaren MCL35M

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Thank you. Couldn't spot it on TV, but I guess I never looked at the right time.

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Interestingly... the deflector in front of the rear tyre was removed...

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Didn’t realized that the main plane of the MCL35M was smaller than other teams… Interesting!


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Peter Prodromou and his team at their best again... :D :D

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SmallSoldier wrote:
13 Jul 2021, 23:34
Didn’t realized that the main plane of the MCL35M was smaller than other teams… Interesting!


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No me neither, that explains why the car has had a qualy boost.

Silverstones DRS zones encompass about two fifths of the track too.
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tbfh I think they have that the wrong way around, a large main plane and smaller DRS flap tends to have a stronger effect, because the DRS opening is limited by the distance the front edge is allowed to move, not by angle, so a smaller DRS flap allows more AoA change.
We saw this with most of the grid when DRS first came in, main planes got larger, secondaries got smaller, to enchance the DRS effect.

A smaller main plane and a larger secondary tends to be more efficient overall without DRS, which is what Mclaren aimed for - they already have enough straight line speed in hand even without DRS opening.

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PhillipM wrote:
14 Jul 2021, 15:06
tbfh I think they have that the wrong way around, a large main plane and smaller DRS flap tends to have a stronger effect, because the DRS opening is limited by the distance the front edge is allowed to move, not by angle, so a smaller DRS flap allows more AoA change.
We saw this with most of the grid when DRS first came in, main planes got larger, secondaries got smaller, to enchance the DRS effect.

A smaller main plane and a larger secondary tends to be more efficient overall without DRS, which is what Mclaren aimed for - they already have enough straight line speed in hand even without DRS opening.
I’m having a hard time picturing why an smaller main plane with a larger secondary is more efficient without DRS, I would have thought about it the other way around… Can you please elaborate? Really trying to grasp the concept

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Was done in Austria's second race already...

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These bargeboards can pass for modern art. I will miss them on next year's cars.

You can really imagine how these things shape the air into multiple points of the car. They never cease to amaze me.

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