As a lot of people are, I'm curious as to how the 2014 cars will look and sound, so I thought I'd make a little mock up of how I think the Mclaren may look that year, taking into account the low noses, lowered bulkhead, the possible front rollbar, slightly further forward sidepods and the thought that turbo F1 cars in past years have tended not to have the airbox on top, which may be an option for teams in 2014. From this angle you can't see the other features such as narrower front wings or missing rear Beam Wing, but according to the regulations I imagine the Mclaren might look like this:
Now I'm not fully versed in F1 technology or anything, so I have no idea if it'd look anything like this, but I kinda hope it does to be honest because I think it looks rather good actually!
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Posted 13 December 2012 - 11:10 PM
You know, I hate how airboxes look, personally...
...but an F1 car without one looks kind of strange. I'd get used to it; gotten used to all the other designs. I think the lack of an airbox looks better on a Champ Car-type vehicle because the rear wing isn't so massive. It's almost disproportionate to not have a box, which is totally out-of-line with the thinking I'd normally have. Maybe the big rear tires help the back, too; almost looks barren with the equally sized ones.
I'd think it would be retained, too, though.
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danwilkie90, on 09 December 2012 - 07:05 PM, said:
As a lot of people are, I'm curious as to how the 2014 cars will look and sound, so I thought I'd make a little mock up of how I think the Mclaren may look that year, taking into account the low noses, lowered bulkhead, the possible front rollbar, slightly further forward sidepods and the thought that turbo F1 cars in past years have tended not to have the airbox on top, which may be an option for teams in 2014. From this angle you can't see the other features such as narrower front wings or missing rear Beam Wing, but according to the regulations I imagine the Mclaren might look like this:
Now I'm not fully versed in F1 technology or anything, so I have no idea if it'd look anything like this, but I kinda hope it does to be honest because I think it looks rather good actually!
I think they will have to keep some form of the airbox for cooling of KERS, Maybe more along the Mercedes line from the time they ran the really low intake and then the fin thing a few years back.
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