5cm full movie 2012 mp48/31/2023 ![]() ![]() With a strong car at the end of 2011, the team have learnt about the damage a slow start to the year makes to their championship chances. ![]() Despite the rules trying cap the hot blown benefits as early the Canadian GP, the Silverstone GP weekend showed how much McLaren were lost relative to Red Bull when the restrictions really bit hard. McLaren perhaps even surpassed Red Bull with the exhaust blown diffuser, as the Mercedes Hot Blown engine mappings were superior to the Renault cold blown solutions. Once McLaren had followed Red Bulls lead with the exhaust, they were able to catch up. This being a complex way to achieve the same sort of fluid skirt that Red Bull achieved with their outer blowing exhaust layout. The exhausts ran sideways across the floor to exit in a longitudinal slit ahead of the rear wheels. This exhaust turned out to be far simpler than the rumours suggested. Most of the winter tests were interrupted by exhaust problems, as the now near mythical “octopus” exhaust broke after a few laps out on track. ![]() Last year the season was blighted by poor form in pre season testing. So the basic approach of the new car did not need to veer too far from direction McLaren had been following. McLaren had one of the fastest cars in 2011, on its day the MP4-26 was faster than the Red Bull. In McLaren parlance this was the cars “technical launch” and was carried out at their Technical Centre in Woking, UK. As the first real launch of a 2012 F1 car, McLaren have unveiled their MP4-27. ![]()
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