– Every year, Formula 1 car launches are eagerly anticipated events. But the hype was even greater this season, with the sport's latest regulation overhaul coming into force. After the trio of tests, GPUpdate.net technical guru Matt Somerfield has put together a top five list of 2014's technical innovations to date. 1. McLaren 'Wishbone Wings' McLaren made some intrinsic errors in the design of last year's car and were eager to make up ground so abandoned development of the MP4-28 early in order to concentrate on their 2014 machine. There had been for some time talk that McLaren would utilise a 'revolutionary' rear suspension on the MP4-29 but when it was unveiled ahead of pre-season...
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