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[Cubejam]

I thought they all had that slot in the middle...

[Cubejam]

Even Virgin has...





I see no cause for FIA to deem it illegal.

[AKR]

Doesn't look to dissimilar to any of the others.......

you're right. And if it is slightly different, doesn't look like something that cannot be copied in a hurry. Thus if this is the case can't see why Redbull is having a fuss over it?

Gee I can't believe I just defended McLaren. :confused:

Neither can i...

hey that took me about a minute to realise that you were not talking about the wing but about me defending McLaren........ Funny you are. That put a cheeky grin on my face.

[Cubejam]

UH and Red Bull.... Am I the only one who can't see what's so different about that wing plane?....

[vaptin]

Must be to do with the angles within which it moves - at any rate don't get too hung up with me pointing to that slit thats what I thought it was about.

[borg]

No guys you are focusing in the wrong spot... If you look at the top fin of the mclaren wing you can see a black line. This is where the air that comes from the fat shark fin comes out. The wing is hollow in the inside... CLEVER V CLEVER...... !!!!

[antoniob]

Whats the big deal anyway. looks easy enough to copy so why cry foul if you RB nuts didnt think of it first. WTF !!

[bud]

its not the slot in the rear wing it is McLarens shark fin that joins to the rear wing. Basically it is a tube that starts in the engine air intake above the drivers helmet you can see there are two inlets the one above is said to go to the rear wing and induce stall at top speed thus losing downforce. But at lower speeds the rear wing works as it should. There is even talk that the inlet is driver controlled.
Pretty innovative design if you ask me.

[texasmr2]

I like the idea simply because why waste a pontential area or aspect of exhuast flow that can be contribute to downforce?

[Jensonb]

its not the slot in the rear wing it is McLarens shark fin that joins to the rear wing. Basically it is a tube that starts in the engine air intake above the drivers helmet you can see there are two inlets the one above is said to go to the rear wing and induce stall at top speed thus losing downforce. But at lower speeds the rear wing works as it should. There is even talk that the inlet is driver controlled.
Pretty innovative design if you ask me.

See the snorkel below Lewis's hand in the pic? That's also part of it apparently.

[scotty]

its not the slot in the rear wing it is McLarens shark fin that joins to the rear wing. Basically it is a tube that starts in the engine air intake above the drivers helmet you can see there are two inlets the one above is said to go to the rear wing and induce stall at top speed thus losing downforce. But at lower speeds the rear wing works as it should. There is even talk that the inlet is driver controlled.
Pretty innovative design if you ask me.

Well, i would imagine if it's driver controlled it'd be classed as moving aero and thus potentially illegal on some level, but i don't think it is driver controlled... my understanding is - that section of the wing is hollow (as borg said), air is fed into that hollow section and pushed though the slot at high pressure. Therefore i would guess that the 'stalling' effect occurs once the pressure is too great for the airbox inlet to allow more air in, ie at high speeds (hence why there is only a paper thin slot and not a large gap). I'm no aerodynamics expert but that theory does make sense.

See the snorkel below Lewis's hand in the pic? That's also part of it apparently.

Either that or it leads to the diffuser i would think. Reason being that i seem to remember McLaren had one of their aero reading contraptions in there during testing...

[Cubejam]

Hmm... very interesting..... I'd ban that... but... it'll probs be legal... somehow.. can't get my head around how it increases speed mind...

[bud]

Hmm... very interesting..... I'd ban that... but... it'll probs be legal... somehow.. can't get my head around how it increases speed mind...

I find it funny that you say ban it but then say you don't understand how it works

[Gaz]

Hmm... very interesting..... I'd ban that... but... it'll probs be legal... somehow.. can't get my head around how it increases speed mind...

Because it reduces drag.

[Cubejam]

Hmm... very interesting..... I'd ban that... but... it'll probs be legal... somehow.. can't get my head around how it increases speed mind...

I find it funny that you say ban it but then say you don't understand how it works

Too innovative from McLaren for my liking haha