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McLaren puts impact of 'unique' diffuser into perspective: 'Within a few weeks on the car'

During the winter test in Bahrain, many eyes were on McLaren. Not only because Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris were able to set fast times, but also because they had some unique parts on the car. Especially their diffuser was looked at with interest. Despite the tightened guidelines, McLaren's diffuser contains two extra flaps that fall just outside the limit of those guidelines and therefore protrude a little further down. This potentially provides more downforce and no other teams have it on the car at the moment. Read more Has Red Bull passed Mercedes? 'If Mercedes has come to a standstill, then yes' Key is being modest However,James Key, the star designer at McLaren, doesn't want to...
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