They've mounted the camera's on a separate wing underneath the nose! Very clever but is it legal?
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QUOTE (Raziel @ Jan 29 2010, 09:54) 
Damn! This is something new from McLaren! Totally different than Ferrari & Williams!!!
we'll see if that's a good thing or not
QUOTE (F1zoro @ Jan 29 2010, 10:49)
F1Zoro for real...*Denzel Washington's voice* my man!!
first view.great 
I just want to see the car's bum. Hope it's tiny and sexy.
Aaaarrrggghhh! SHARK FIN!
QUOTE (F1zoro @ Jan 29 2010, 10:49)
square!
Also the engine cover attaches to the rear wing. This thing is looking very, very interesting, much more so than ferrari and williams. It looks like a frigging spaceship!
QUOTE (bonjon1979 @ Jan 29 2010, 10:58)
Also the engine cover attaches to the rear wing. This thing is looking very, very interesting, much more so than ferrari and williams. It looks like a frigging spaceship!
yea seems so... that will be crazy...
not the prettiest looking car, but it looks mean..."bad guy" looking car, cant wait to see it forreal
QUOTE (bonjon1979 @ Jan 29 2010, 10:56)
They've mounted the camera's on a separate wing underneath the nose! Very clever but is it legal?
F10 has the same
QUOTE (bonjon1979 @ Jan 29 2010, 10:58)
Also the engine cover attaches to the rear wing. This thing is looking very, very interesting, much more so than ferrari and williams. It looks like a frigging spaceship!
Yeah, either it´s a big flop or real winner aka space rocket!
QUOTE (jee @ Jan 29 2010, 10:00)
F10 has the same
no it doesn't. The F10 has the cameras mounted lower but it isn't on a separate splitter/ wing underneath the car...
QUOTE (F1zoro @ Jan 29 2010, 10:49)
What is it under the nose? Looks like they connected the dummy cameras with a similar shaped ...something.
It has no camera on the roll hoop, which looks a little odd.
QUOTE (bonjon1979 @ Jan 29 2010, 20:58)
Also the engine cover attaches to the rear wing.
It's alled a shark fin, and Red Bull have been doing that for years. In fact, McLaren are probably the only team that haven't use one since they were invented by Adrian Newey some time around 2007 or 2008.
that is ****ing ugly on that pic, but if its fast who cares, the sidepod air inlets are so fugly
This is a beast! I told you so.
It's better to be damn fast for this look.
It's better to be damn fast for this look.
Similar angle from the MP4-24 launch: http://www.racecar-engineering.com/imageBa...25c82d1c283.jpg
In comparison:
Brake ducts and airbox inlet on MP4-25 look huge compared to MP4-24.
In comparison:
Brake ducts and airbox inlet on MP4-25 look huge compared to MP4-24.
w0000000000t! 
Launch day is FINALLY here....
The season draws ever closer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To all Mac fans.. god bless you and here's to a WDC and WCC this year!!
J
Launch day is FINALLY here....
The season draws ever closer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To all Mac fans.. god bless you and here's to a WDC and WCC this year!!
J
changed frontsuspension back to old style
Look at a Mercs star! It´s not silver anymore, it´s black! 
It reminds me on last year BMW, I hope it will go faster than BoxMW
Nice BGP001 radiator inlets.
Isn't that link posted last years car <_<
Looks like they've gone from most conservative to most innovative. Hope it's quick.
can someone post the actual pic in a message? my work blocks the website! wanna see!
thanks
thanks
QUOTE (Jay @ Jan 29 2010, 10:05)
w0000000000t!
Launch day is FINALLY here....
The season draws ever closer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To all Mac fans.. god bless you and here's to a WDC and WCC this year!!
J
Launch day is FINALLY here....
The season draws ever closer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To all Mac fans.. god bless you and here's to a WDC and WCC this year!!
J
Game on!
I am excited by that!!
I am excited by that!!
QUOTE (f1rules @ Jan 29 2010, 11:04)
that is ****ing ugly on that pic, but if its fast who cares, the sidepod air inlets are so fugly
it will be the sexiest car if it wins races,...its all about the "motion of the ocean" or whatever that saying is
... I just wanted to see something looking fairly aggressive
QUOTE (Captain Tightpants @ Jan 29 2010, 10:04)
It's alled a shark fin, and Red Bull have been doing that for years. In fact, McLaren are probably the only team that haven't use one since they were invented by Adrian Newey some time around 2007 or 2008.
Thank you, oh wise one. I was holding off calling it a shark fin as from this angle you can't see the actual shape of the section that joins to the rear wing of the car. It may be something different...(though probably not)
but there is still one hour to go? 
QUOTE (damon_hill_fan2007 @ Jan 29 2010, 10:07)
can someone post the actual pic in a message? my work blocks the website! wanna see!
thanks
thanks
QUOTE (f1rules @ Jan 29 2010, 11:06)
changed frontsuspension back to old style
It looks that they changed it to Brawn-style, the steering rod is in the lower suspension arm.
QUOTE (Portier @ Jan 29 2010, 11:09)
It looks that they changed it to Brawn-style, the steering rod is in the lower suspension arm.
Yep, noticed that too. This looks like a Brawn clone already
is it just ,me are do all the cars seem to have really long noses this year?
is it because of the new front tyres, or the bigger fuel tanks or something?
is it because of the new front tyres, or the bigger fuel tanks or something?
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Just how complex is that front wing!
QUOTE (RedBaron @ Jan 29 2010, 11:06)
OMGZ McLaren gonna be pissed at yooouuu girlfriend!
aha mclaren is gonna be so pissed,
Rear-end looks to be very low; sidepods seem to go way down near the back.
QUOTE (f1rules @ Jan 29 2010, 10:06)
changed frontsuspension back to old style
thank christ for that, it was always my contention that the extra suspension geometry was the root of all their "aero miscalculations, no historical data to compare, wrong numbers, get the flo-viz out and try figure out what exactly's going on here" malarky. good riddance.
That's a bit amateurish, lauch is 1 hour away and the presspack already available.
QUOTE (Owen @ Jan 29 2010, 11:10)
Just how complex is that front wing!
Isn't it just last year's front wing, just like ferrari did at the launch?
QUOTE (RedBaron @ Jan 29 2010, 21:06)
OMGZ McLaren gonna be pissed at yooouuu girlfriend!
What are they going to do, set Nicole Shirtsinger on you? Can they even still do that?
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The dorsal fin that attaches the top body to the rear wing is very striking – what does it do?
Tim Goss: “The principal knock-on effect of the larger fuel tank was the repositioning of some of the car’s internals. One of the outcomes of that was a decision to move some of the car’s cooling to sit centrally at the rear of the car.
“The dorsal fin is partly to accommodate the additional cooling duct and partly a logical development of the high-downforce wing we ran last year at races like Monaco, which feeds air more efficiently to the rear wing upper element. They’re both quite simple solutions, but they’re actually very neat.”
Tim Goss: “The principal knock-on effect of the larger fuel tank was the repositioning of some of the car’s internals. One of the outcomes of that was a decision to move some of the car’s cooling to sit centrally at the rear of the car.
“The dorsal fin is partly to accommodate the additional cooling duct and partly a logical development of the high-downforce wing we ran last year at races like Monaco, which feeds air more efficiently to the rear wing upper element. They’re both quite simple solutions, but they’re actually very neat.”
The sidepods are so tiny.
QUOTE (Captain Tightpants @ Jan 29 2010, 10:12)
What are they going to do, set Nicole Shirtsinger on you? Can they even still do that?
Send Big Ron round with a baseball bat.
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