MP4-25 Launched!
By Karl King
January 29 2010
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes today launched the very radical looking MP4-25 challenger that they hope will take them to the world title in 2010. The car, a huge departure from the 2009 car, was launched in Vodafone's HQ in Newbury.
January 29 2010
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes today launched the very radical looking MP4-25 challenger that they hope will take them to the world title in 2010. The car, a huge departure from the 2009 car, was launched in Vodafone's HQ in Newbury.
One of the most striking changes to the car is the dorsal fin which attaches the top body of the car to the rear wing. Chief engineer Tim Goss explained the reasoning behind this element, “The principal knock-on effect of the larger fuel tank was the
repositioning of some of the car’s internals. One of the outcomes of
that was a decision to move some of the car’s cooling to sit centrally
at the rear of the car.
“The dorsal fin is partly to accommodate the additional cooling duct and partly a logical development of the high-downforce wing we ran last year at races like Monaco, which feeds air more efficiently to the rear wing upper element. They’re both quite simple solutions, but they’re actually very neat."
The team have kept the philosophy behind their double diffuser quiet with a sign covering the back of the car reading 'No Photographs Please'. Rivals will have to wait until the first running of the car on Monday to get their first look at it.
The car really looks a radical departure from last year's car, with Lewis Hamilton saying, “I’m sure it’s going to handle completely different to last year’s car". To this his team mate Jenson Button quipped "I hope so!" with responding laughter in the room.
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