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[RyRy]

Interesting, I like the look of this car and looks like they've been working more on the downforce aspect more than anything.

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[CookinFlat6]

Apart from the nose looking nasally hideous, so far it looks visually to be the best solution for airflow under the front. Flared nostrills
The silver plain style looks very menacing as well

[benjibaby555]

Well however bad the nose looks, it has nothing on the hideous 'forklift' Lotus

I am guessing thr Force India is doing the same as Lotus, by this teaser pic.

I really hope not, the Force India looks really good with the new livery from the side!

[Hammer278]

Comparison of the McLaren and the Mercedes chassis and sidepods. Lol do they really use the same power unit?

[CookinFlat6]

I think we are clearly seeing the difference between an integrated engine chassis design and a customer. even the airscoop above the driver is much bigger in the McLaren, suggesting they have stuck to the less adventurous part of the spec range for the cooling

[bud]

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[racechick]

Here's the rear end of the McLaren

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[NHcheese]

The rear is quite a strange looking area on the mclaren.

[bud]

Very interesting

[Jabberwocky]

Could that be deflecting exhaust gasses?

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[What's Burning?]

Could that be deflecting exhaust gasses?

It's an attempt to use the deflection of the monkey seat to get "something" out of it. Other teams like Merc aren't even using a monkey seat.

The pipe being so far back really has negated the use of shenanigans back there.

[CookinFlat6]

I cant help thinking that cars like the McLaren are clinging too much to the previous aero reg era. Whereas Merc and Ferrari have completed embraced a new paradigm

[NHcheese]

looks good.
Although I do see your point, but mclaren are playing it safe
you know what happened last year when they tried something fancy

[madbrad]

Well however bad the nose looks, it has nothing on the hideous 'forklift' Lotus

I am guessing thr Force India is doing the same as Lotus, by this teaser pic.

I really hope not, the Force India looks really good with the new livery from the side!

I was wrong. They took the shot at that angle to hide the proboscis. To fool me.

[1Lemon]

The rear of the car is quite interesting

McLaren's innovative rear suspension design has been the big technical talking point of the second day of 2014 Formula 1 testing at Jerez, writes AUTOSPORT technical expert Gary Anderson.

The team has attached a large aerodynamically-profiled 'blocker' to each of the rearmost suspension links.

This concept is designed both to give more downforce at low speed and reduce drag at high speed.

These blockers must be part of the suspension itself, but there is a very fine line between an independent shroud, which would be illegal, and something that is all one part and I'm sure that McLaren has ensured it complies with the rules.

This appears to meet all requirements of the regulations in terms of location and structure.

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These aerodynamically-profiled parts act as devices to block the airflow coming out of the Coke bottle area when it gets to the back of the diffuser.

It creates an area of low pressure behind these blockers and this then increases the velocity of the airflow travelling underneath the car, generating more downforce from the underfloor.

The rear beam wing previously did this job, but the 2014 regulations have banned that so teams are looking for new ways to make up for it.

The interesting thing about this package is that when the car is at higher ride height, these sections will almost completely close the gap at the top of the diffuser, helping it to work at low speed.

At higher speed, because of suspension deflection, a gap will open up between the bottom of the lower blocker and the diffuser, which will reduce drag.

So this makes it a double whammy, giving you more downforce under braking and in slower corners and less drag at high speed.

This could be McLaren's secret weapon because, if it does work, it is not something that can be copied in five minutes as it is dependent on a number of design parameters at the rear of the car.