McLaren MP4-27 launch

[prisonermonkeys]

 

[DaxCobra]

Loaded!

Wow, she's pretty...

 

[Prince.M5]

She's pretty - no stepped nose, as near as I can tell.

Yeap, no stepped nose but this one has a really steep-dropping nose...

The launch car may be in silver but the real one might be a different livery as has been in talk.

 

[Tesla]

That front wing is interesting.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

The launch car may be in silver but the real one might be a different livery as has been in talk.

There hasn't been any real talk of that. The liveries I posted early in this thread were jsut fan concepts.

 

[Alex.]

What's that piece of bodywork on the edge of the sidepod toward the back?

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

Recent McLaren's look fat at the rear, it might just be the livery though.

 

[axletramp]

Short and sweet! I don't mind that nose at all.

 

[Alex.]

What's that piece of bodywork on the edge of the sidepod toward the back?

Bloody hell it's the exhaust.

 

[DaxCobra]

Do the sidepods drop towards the back? New regulation? or is the shinyness playing with my eyes?

 

[F1 fan]

Hmm... Stream on Mclaren website shows maybe 3 seconds worth of footage every thirty seconds, but advert plays without a hitch. 👎

 

[Pezzarinho17]

Finally got connection.... Back soon?! Tease!

 

[FahrerGott]

Shot of the arse

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Any ideas on the bulge and rods behind the sidepod?

 

[Prince.M5]

There hasn't been any real talk of that. The liveries I posted early in this thread were jsut fan concepts.

I see.. Thought they really were considering on changing their livery.

The nose in the picture you provided looks normal, but from the side in the launch coverage it looks really steep. I'll reserve that until I see more.

 

[Pezzarinho17]

It looks very square, no V section which is popular?

 

[ZEROX]

Looks normal to me.
Seems that they ditch L sidepod.
Is just me or the engine cover looks sharp?

NINJAEDIT:

The nose section seems interesting down below.

 

[Bram Turismo]

Sidepods look interesting, the car as a whole looks like Betty been at McDonald's...

 

[F1 fan]

Autosport have an article up now. Good image of the car too. Looks better from that angle.

 

[PeterJB]

Looks like last year's car put on weight over the Christmas break.

 

[Prince.M5]

The nose section seems interesting down below.

I can see some sort of black stuff under the nose.. What's that thing?

 

[Alex.]

Shot of the arse

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Any ideas on the bulge and rods behind the sidepod?

Bloody hell it's the exhaust.

indeed.

 

[ZEROX]

I can see some sort of black stuff under the nose.. What's that thing?

Something new.
Could that be it?

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

That bulge on the side is being covered by the drivers to the live stream, looks like something they don't want the world to see.

 

[ExigeEvan]

Looks like last year's car put on weight over the Christmas break.

They always do. Give them a chance to test the car, check temps and tighten up the body work!

 

[axletramp]

Quite a low key launch. I preferred last year's with the parts of the car being brought in and assembled by the public.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

You can't really see it in this photo, but the car looks like it has a very bizarre nose. It appears that there is a piece of bodywork extended back from the centre of the front wing to some point under the safety cell.

 

[Liquid]

The nose looks much more convexed than I thought it would be.

It's definitely no mallard.

 

[Prince.M5]

Sorry for the oversized image, but really that thing under the nose is very interesting!

 

[Pezzarinho17]

Surely the black part under the nose is the snow plough design seen on the car last year?

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

Whatever it is it looks like it is channeling air to the floor of the car, and probably back to the diffuser, I don't know how legal that will be...