Tech Corner: McLaren Upgrades

McLaren continue to push on with development of the MP4-31 which bore fruit in Barcelona, with Alonso able to make Q3 and Button eventually taking 9th place on race day.

The front wing has been under intense scrutiny since Peter Prodromou arrived from Red Bull.  At the Spanish GP the team made another step forward, with what those in the team are describing as the first iteration in a new lineage of designs.

The wing, like many others on the grid, compartmentalises the functions that need to be undertaken hoping to improve not only its performance but other aerodynamic devices downstream.  Changes to incorporate a more deliberate tunnel at the outboard section have been made, with an ever increasing tunnel funnelling air around the front tyre to control the wake it sheds [1].  The tunnel is flanked by a continuation of the flap slots all the way until they terminate at the endplate [2], …

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