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McLaren MP4-27 - rear wing evaluations 25 Nov 2012

McLaren MP4-27 - rear wing evaluations

On Friday in Brazil McLaren tried two different rear wings to better evaluate the 2013 Pirelli tyres, using no less than 32 different levels of downforce. Jenson Button used the wing the team ran at Spa (inset), whilst team mate Lewis Hamilton used the one the team ran in Singapore (main drawing)....»

McLaren MP4-27 - new front wing 17 Nov 2012

McLaren MP4-27 - new front wing

In the United States, McLaren have introduced a new front wing, as shown in the lower drawing (upper drawing shows previous wing), which was evaluated at the young driver test in Abu Dhabi earlier this month. The main profile features a more curved central section (middle red arrow), whilst the...»

McLaren MP4-27 - Monza front wing 09 Sep 2012

McLaren MP4-27 - Monza front wing

Unlike at the previous round at Spa, where even Button with his low-downforce set-up used a normal front wing, in Italy McLaren have introduced a specific front-wing design based on the one used at Silverstone wing. Unlike the Spa wing, it has a single second flap (divided into two sections, as...»

McLaren MP4-27 - differing driver set-ups 02 Sep 2012

McLaren MP4-27 - differing driver set-ups

In Belgium the McLaren drivers chose different rear wings. Button stayed with the new, low-downforce wing introduced for Spa, while Hamilton - to sort handling problems in the slow sector - chose the higher downforce one shown here. It's the same design the team used until the last round in...»

McLaren MP4-27 - new rear wing 01 Sep 2012

McLaren MP4-27 - new rear wing

McLaren have brought an all-new rear wing with them to Belgium. Its profile is different, and eminently suitable for the fast Spa-Francorchamps circuit. There are also new endplates with three gills and small profiles in the 2cm area between the endplate and the wing's main plane and flap. This has...»

McLaren MP4-27 - revised sidepods and brake ducts 28 Jul 2012

McLaren MP4-27 - revised sidepods and brake ducts

In this drawing you can see just how low the McLaren's new sidepods, which were introduced in Hockenheim last weekend, are positioned. The British team have also brought new rear brake ducts to Hungary. The holes in the revised ducts can be adjusted, which allows the team to influence the...»

McLaren MP4-27 - revised sidepod design 22 Jul 2012

McLaren MP4-27 - revised sidepod design

There are so many changes to the McLaren at Hockenheim that the MP4-27 is very nearly a 'B-spec' version of its predecessor. The extensive list of updates include lower and more sculptured sidepods, new exhausts, new radiator installation, a revised floor in front of the rear tyres, a new diffuser,...»

McLaren MP4-27 - new front wing 07 Jul 2012

McLaren MP4-27 - new front wing

McLaren have brought a new front wing with them to Silverstone. Unlike on the older version (inset), the second flap has been divided in two (1). The inner section is adjustable, whilst the outer section is fixed to better direct the air in front of the tyres. Also new is the mechanism (2)...»

McLaren MP4-27 - higher front-wing assembly 12 May 2012

McLaren MP4-27 - higher front-wing assembly

The McLaren is sporting a much higher nose set-up (see bottom drawing) in Spain, after the team briefly evaluated it at last week's Mugello test. They had started the season with a much lower nose set-up (see top drawing). The new solution on the MP4-27 feeds a much more powerful airflow under the...»

McLaren MP4-27 - front wing comparison 21 Apr 2012

McLaren MP4-27 - front wing comparison

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button have been using different front wings in Bahrain. Button has opted to run the new one, introduced in Shanghai, which features different upper flaps and no gills in the middle of the endplate (see inset). Hamilton, meanwhile, has chosen to use the old one...»

McLaren MP4-27 - exhaust positioning 14 Mar 2012

McLaren MP4-27 - exhaust positioning

With the FIA placing tight restrictions on exhaust-exit positioning for 2012 in a bid to eliminate blown diffusers, teams' solutions in this area and how those solutions influence their cars' aerodynamic set-ups is already a real talking point of the new Formula One season. McLaren's engineers have...»

McLaren MP4-27 - sidepods 21 Feb 2012

McLaren MP4-27 - sidepods

For 2012 McLaren have radically changed the shape of their sidepods. The unique L-shaped design of last year's MP4-26, which split the airflow (see blue arrows), has gone. In its place is a horizontal, square shaped solution (see main drawing), reminiscent of that introduced by the team at...»

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