what the heck is that?

what the heck is that?#195969

By hypertek - 17 Apr 10, 06:09

- 17 Apr 10, 06:09#195969

did someone leave a hex key in or something?

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Re: what the heck is that?#195970

By bud - 17 Apr 10, 06:14

- 17 Apr 10, 06:14#195970

For the marshalls to pull to shutdown all electronics thus the big red e

Re: what the heck is that?#195971

By hypertek - 17 Apr 10, 06:17

- 17 Apr 10, 06:17#195971

d'oh i shoulda known lol.. yeah all race cars have one

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Re: what the heck is that?#196053

By TGLucario475 - 17 Apr 10, 14:13

- 17 Apr 10, 14:13#196053

To be honest, I didn't even notice those or even know they had them on the car. You learn something new everyday eh?

Re: what the heck is that?#196056

By Gaz - 17 Apr 10, 14:26

- 17 Apr 10, 14:26#196056

Its the Ride Hight adjuster.

Re: what the heck is that?#196070

By EwanM - 17 Apr 10, 17:09

- 17 Apr 10, 17:09#196070

Gaz wrote:Its the Ride Hight adjuster.

Its radio controlled for the Red Bull :p

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Re: what the heck is that?#196083

By TGLucario475 - 17 Apr 10, 19:46

- 17 Apr 10, 19:46#196083

Maybe it's the KEY to McLaren fighting back!

Re: what the heck is that?#196087

By kerc - 17 Apr 10, 21:43

- 17 Apr 10, 21:43#196087

It's for the inflatable raft. Hey, you never know...

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Re: what the heck is that?#196096

By davidmemb - 17 Apr 10, 22:39

- 17 Apr 10, 22:39#196096

It's the new seat ejection key.

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Re: what the heck is that?#196098

By 7UpJordan - 17 Apr 10, 22:49

- 17 Apr 10, 22:49#196098

It deploys an oil slick, McLaren plan to use this unique system the moment they get ahead of the Red Bulls on track... which they haven't been able to.

It is also rumoured it fires off a random Mario Kart weapon, ranging from banana peels to red shells etc.

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Re: what the heck is that?#196099

By rozer - 17 Apr 10, 22:51

- 17 Apr 10, 22:51#196099

bud wrote:For the marshalls to pull to shutdown all electronics thus the big red e

its actually the on board extinguisher

Re: what the heck is that?#196100

By kerc - 17 Apr 10, 22:54

- 17 Apr 10, 22:54#196100

7UpJordan wrote:It deploys an oil slick, McLaren plan to use this unique system the moment they get ahead of the Red Bulls on track... which they haven't been able to.

It is also rumoured it fires off a random Mario Kart weapon, ranging from banana peels to red shells etc.

Someone must organize a real-life Mario Kart-style race, with oil slicks, foam weapons (think Nerfs), marbles or gravel....

For sure!

Re: what the heck is that?#196101

By texasmr2 - 17 Apr 10, 22:55

- 17 Apr 10, 22:55#196101

rozer wrote:
bud wrote:For the marshalls to pull to shutdown all electronics thus the big red e
its actually the on board extinguisher

Wrong

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Re: what the heck is that?#196103

By rozer - 17 Apr 10, 23:07

- 17 Apr 10, 23:07#196103

texasmr2 wrote:
rozer wrote:
bud wrote:For the marshalls to pull to shutdown all electronics thus the big red e
its actually the on board extinguisher
Wrong

the electric cut off symbol is a lightning bolt in a red triangle, and E in a circle is on board extinguisher as shown in MSF Marshalling book

Re: what the heck is that?#196105

By texasmr2 - 17 Apr 10, 23:15

- 17 Apr 10, 23:15#196105

rozer wrote:
texasmr2 wrote:
rozer wrote:
bud wrote:For the marshalls to pull to shutdown all electronics thus the big red e
its actually the on board extinguisher
Wrong
the electric cut off symbol is a lightning bolt in a red triangle, and E in a circle is on board extinguisher as shown in MSF Marshalling book

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