McLaren has gone from Q1 elimination candidates to podium finishers in a matter of months with Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri flanking Max Verstappen at the Japanese Grand Prix. After such a remarkable turnaround, here are some of the ways that the team has achieved this
When McLaren launched its MCL60 before Formula 1's pre-season test, it painted a very downbeat assessment of what it had created.
Ahead of the race in Suzuka, and off the back of a major Singapore upgrade, Stella offered some fascinating insight into what the key areas of design change were.Photo by:McLaren has joined other teams in pursuing a front-wing design which delivers as much outwash effect as possible. This has been achieved through better managing the gaps between the flaps and the endplate, as well as the shaping of each aerofoil across the span.
"It's very noticeable how much it is wider," added Stella."We're trying to create a clear pathway for energising the airflow." To further enhance the floor performance from the Singapore GP, McLaren reintroduced the edge wing, something it had originally tried out at the start of 2022 before abandoning.
As a consequence of the new regulations, other parameters had to be reconsidered too, including ride height, which seems to have created a trade-off between the benefit of the skate solutions and using an elongated edge wing.
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